@davidyamane.bsky.social
Sociologist at Wake Forest U. Gun Curious. A.k.a., the Bob Ross of Guns. davidyamane.com https://linktr.ee/lightoverheat
How can you tell which firearms-harm scholars are working with the gun community? Find the ones that have morale patches, like The Armory Project. I was fortunate to meet Professor Gala True and her team in Phoenix recently. See their work: www.armoryproject.org
02.12.2025 18:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It hasn't been a full month since my last monthly digest, but it's been a busy few weeks and I'm trying to get on schedule with this. So, here's Illuminations #2 covering November (past) activities and December (upcoming) activities.
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Bolstered by the fact that a National Book Award winning book had sold the same number of copies as GUN CURIOUS, and by sending another 4 signed copies out today - to California, Ohio, and Pennsylvania!
01.12.2025 18:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I donβt express gratitude often enough, so here is my somewhat rambling note of heartfelt thanks for all of the support I receive for my work and for the opportunities I have to do it.
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I don't see how either of your two posts are at odds with what the study re-posted argues. Siegel found shall issue CC is associated with more homicide. Billings finds CC permit holders have guns stolen more often. These are I. Line with Donohue.
26.11.2025 20:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Please report back if you do!
26.11.2025 20:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think this is the first work to enlighten the causal black box linking LEGAL gun carry with CRIMINAL violence, since we're pretty certain it's not legal gun carriers doing the crime.
26.11.2025 13:41 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I also want to congratulate @clanfear.bsky.social, David Kirk and Rob Sampson, whose paper βDual pathways of concealed gun carrying and use from adolescence to adulthood over a 25-year era of changeβ was one of two selected for honorable mention by the 2025 Greenwald Award Independent Review Panel!
26.11.2025 13:32 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 2 π 1
Full disclosure.
25.11.2025 16:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
4 days at 2 academic conferences and sold 1 copy of GUN CURIOUS to a fellow liberal professor. No traction in that community. Oh, well. I hand-sold several to gun people in AZ and am mailing out some personally signed copies today. $25 signed, sealed & delivered. Hit me up.
25.11.2025 16:28 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Piedmont Triad NC People! Please come out and support local authors -- including me! -- at @bookmarksnc.bsky.social on December 3rd.
24.11.2025 16:01 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
This is my "spicier"* take on what academia gets wrong about guns, from the "Shared Targets" symposium I attended sponsored by @asucsgs.bsky.social and @cuanschutz.bsky.social FIPI.
*Spicier for the Bob Ross of Guns, not actually spicy.
lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-acade...
Appreciate you!
22.11.2025 14:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
My conventional take on what academia gets wrong about guns from a recent "Shared Targets" symposium sponsored by @asucsgs.bsky.social and @cuanschutz.bsky.social FIPI initiative.
lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-acade...
Thanks, Dave. I know my moderate takes are not for everyone but I'm here for those who are tired of polarizing rhetoric on guns!
21.11.2025 13:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Slay.
20.11.2025 22:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes I just don't see DMs as quickly or reliably but I will make a mental note to watch for it.
20.11.2025 17:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I hope it is worth the investment!
20.11.2025 14:17 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was open access for the first 30 days and then paywalled for a year, unfortunately. If you email me, I can send you a copy.
20.11.2025 14:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The academic field of gun studies has coalesced into a dominant paradigm. This ia a major accomplishment.
First of a 3 part series on "What Academia Gets Right and Wrong" about guns for @asucsgs.bsky.social and @cuanschutz.bsky.social FIPI symposium.
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I appreciate the endorsement. I wish there was more of an appetite for the work among my fellow liberal professors.
19.11.2025 22:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Brought 20 copies of GUN CURIOUS with me. Moved 4 so far, all to gun people. Can I sell 16 more copies to the 600 firearms-related harms scholars, practitioners, advocates, and activists in attendance here over the next two days? Thanks to Walk the Talk America for the table space!
19.11.2025 22:16 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
I had the great good fortune recently to attend a one-day, invitation-only symposium at Arizona State University to build some bridges between gun culture and gun scholars, co-sponsored by @asucsgs.bsky.social and @cuanschutz.bsky.social FIPI.
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Ideally
19.11.2025 16:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks for boosting the signal!
19.11.2025 16:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is it comfortable or comforting?
16.11.2025 20:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Heading to Portland (ME) then to Phoenix for back-to-back-to-back gun meetings. Bringing 20 copies of my book with me to sell. Hopefully bringing 0 home.
14.11.2025 15:27 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I'm about to head to Portland (Maine) then Phoenix for back-to-back-to-back gun meetings. Unfortunately, that means I won't be able to attend this one, organized by the Wyoming Firearms Research Center & Springfield Armory National Historic Site. But you should!
www.eventbrite.com/e/firearms-r...
Yes I can 100% do without political commentary in my cealed horses and do have a few training organizations and instructors in my back pocket to recommend to people who are looking for that in my area.
12.11.2025 17:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"I will show that the NRA's worldview is the modern expression of an ideological system that fused the classical republican citizen-soldier ideal--the foundation of democracy--with American White male supremacy." Join us for a discussion.
Info & register: tinyurl.com/yx87srw3
