by David Yamane | Jun 22, 2022 | Ackerman-McQueen, Defensive Gun Use, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, National Rifle Association, Texas
NOTE: An earlier, abbreviated version of this text appeared as an opinion essay in the Charlotte Observer/Raleigh News & Observer on June 16, 2022. I am a defensive gun owner and a sociologist who has been studying American gun culture for a decade now. One of the...
by David Yamane | Jun 15, 2022 | Guns, Law, liberals, Light Over Heat, Texas, Uvalde
Like many Americans, I reluctantly watched events unfolding recently at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, site of the NRA’s annual meeting. In our polarized gun debates, the two extremes were on full display, literally divided by Avenida De Las...
by David Yamane | May 29, 2022 | Automatic Weapons, Guns, John Daub, Karl Rehn, KR Training, Light Over Heat, My Experience, Shooting, Texas
Wow, this is the 20th episode of “Light Over Heat” that I recorded! I can’t believe it. It seems like I was just recording my 10th episode not long ago. This second set of videos (Season 2) was supposed to be organized thematically around t-shirts I own. It mostly...
by The Liberal Gun Club | May 23, 2022 | California, Law and Policy, LGC Blog, Press Release, Texas
California SB1327 Creates A Private Right of Action for Citizens to Enforce Gun Laws On May 19th, 2022, the California State Legislature ordered to Third Reading SB1327, a bill that creates a “private right of action for any person against any person who, within...
