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Sociologist at Wake Forest U. Gun Curious. A.k.a., the Bob Ross of Guns. davidyamane.com https://linktr.ee/lightoverheat
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · Jul 23
For those of you who were waiting for the audiobook to buy GUN CURIOUS, the wait is over!

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Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture
Amazon.com: Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture (Audible Audio Edition): David Yamane, Mike Hennessy, McFarland: Books
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 14h
The first part of my account of going hunting for the first time, for Gambel's quail in Arizona earlier this year, is live. Any other late-comers to hunting out there? Anyone else remember their first time hunting?

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I Went Hunting for the First Time
My January 2025 foray into Gun Culture 1.0
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 15h
I'm sure everyone here already has a copy, but if you're looking for one for a family member, friend, or associate, this is the biggest discount (18% off) that Amazon has given for GUN CURIOUS.

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Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture
Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture [Yamane, David] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 7d
Reminder: Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club discussion of John Bainbridge's GUN BARONS begins tomorrow night (10/2) at 6:00 pm Eastern Time. Please register to join us!

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Welcome to Virtual Book Club!
Last year I decided to experiment with hosting an online book club to discuss recent books about guns and gun culture. It was a great success. We read four books in 2024 (see below), and plan to re…
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 7d
This Q&A session following my presentation in California on "Guns in America" is why I believe civil conversations on guns across differences are possible.

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Modeling a Civil Conversation on Guns in Uncivil Times - Q&A Session After CRPA Event (LoH #137)
YouTube video by Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 8d
Looking back on my work on "Gun Culture 2.0" and thinking ahead.

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Every Way of Seeing is a Way of Not Seeing
On the limitations of the Gun Culture 2.0 heuristic
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 13d
Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club is running again this fall. Save the dates: October 2nd, 14th, and 30th. We will be discussing John Bainbridge, Jr.'s GUN BARONS. Please join us!

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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 14d
This talk pulls together all of the threads of my work. If you wonder how it all fits together or how I see the way forward on guns, this video is for you. Or if you know someone looking for a liberal, pro-civility gun owner, this is a great start.

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GUNS IN AMERICA: A CIVIL CONVERSATION IN UNCIVIL TIMES (Light Over Heat #136)
YouTube video by Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 15d
Here is the first post ICYMI:

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Teaching in the AI Era
On taking responsibility as a faculty member before blaming students for cheating
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 15d
The follow-up to yesterday's thoughts on "Teaching in the AI Era" is now live: "Oral Exams in the AI Era."

Who else has changed their assessment modalities recently? What's working? What's not?

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Oral Exams in the AI Era
On reviving an old assessment modality
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 16d
Anyone interested in my experience grappling with generative AI on campus can check out my Substack today and tomorrow.

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Teaching in the AI Era
On taking responsibility as a faculty member before blaming students for cheating
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 18d
My thoughts on patriotism.

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Patriotism: Too Much, Too Little, Just Right
The Goldilocks way forward in our age of extremes
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 19d
My O.G. post about self-defense insurance as mocked on "The Daily Show" back in 2014.

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Significant Insight into the Liberal View of Guns from Jon Stewart
I don’t watch “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart often, but when I do I sometimes forget he is NOT doing a parody of a liberal “newsertainment” talk show host to complement Stephen Colbert’s conserv…
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 19d
I first wrote about liberal critiques of self-defense insurance back in June of 2014 on my Gun Culture 2.0 blog. I'm not surprised to see it recurring over a decade later in a @newyorker.com article this week. Comments on my Light Over Heat Substack today.

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Does Self-Defense Insurance Promote Gun Violence?
Provocative questions from The New Yorker
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 20d
Someone just told me that my book GUN CURIOUS is on sale at Amazon for 12% off, a bargain at $17.58. I hope this doesn't mean it's going to be remaindered soon!

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Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture
More than ever, it feels like cultural and political divisions over firearms are tearing the United States apart. Guns are an undeniable and contradictory presence in America, both widely owned and co...
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 20d
Ross Douthat recently captured the pain and anger many of my liberal friends are feeling and posed some questions many of us need to address.

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Reposted by David Yamane
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 21d
How did the policies policing mixed-race families in America’s WWII concentration camps impact women and mothers in particular? Join us for this mid-day talk discussion! Online, free, and open to all. Register:
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 22d
Not sure if this is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, but reading page proofs for a forthcoming short essay in @contexts.org
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 22d
My fellow liberals have least engaged the work, disappointingly. The most successful hand offs I have seen were to specific individuals.
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · Sep 2
New school year brings mandatory gun safety lessons for students in some states

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New school year brings mandatory gun safety lessons for students in some states
All students in Tennessee public and charter schools must begin annual firearm safety lessons after the state became the first to pass a law requiring the training.
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · Aug 28
Chipping away at my summer backlog of writing, beginning here: Meet the New NRA, Same as the Old NRA

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Meet the New NRA, Same as the Old NRA
Won't get fooled again
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · Aug 28
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · Aug 28
Jonas Hart joined me as a co-author to see through the revisions to the 8th edition of Religion in Sociological Perspective. To be published this fall by @sagepub.com for Spring 2026 adoption.
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · Aug 26
Short essay in The Conversation: theconversation.com/guns-in-amer...
Guns in America: A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms
A scholar who became a gun owner later in life found there is more to firearms than criminal violence, injury and death, and more to gun culture than democracy-destroying right-wing politics.
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David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · Aug 26
Catching up on my summer backlog, beginning an appearance on The Michael Dukes Show to discuss my short essay on 5 essential observations on guns in America. We managed to find a good bit of common ground here.

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Friday 7/25/25 | Professor David Yamane | Headlines | Willie Waffle
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