David Yamane

Duck Hunting in the Arizona Desert? Continuation of my first hunting trip

Part 2 of my series on going hunting for the first time. Here I describe duck hunting in the Arizona desert and missing an easy shot.

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Here are the ones I made for my book and the company that printed them, which I can enthusiastically recommend.

I Went Hunting for the First Time My January 2025 foray into Gun Culture 1.0

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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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

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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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…

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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YouTube video by Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane Modeling a Civil Conversation on Guns in Uncivil Times - Q&A Session After CRPA Event (LoH #137)

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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Every Way of Seeing is a Way of Not Seeing On the limitations of the Gun Culture 2.0 heuristic

Looking back on my work on "Gun Culture 2.0" and thinking ahead.

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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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YouTube video by Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane GUNS IN AMERICA: A CIVIL CONVERSATION IN UNCIVIL TIMES (Light Over Heat #136)

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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Teaching in the AI Era On taking responsibility as a faculty member before blaming students for cheating

Here is the first post ICYMI:

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Oral Exams in the AI Era On reviving an old assessment modality

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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Teaching in the AI Era On taking responsibility as a faculty member before blaming students for cheating

Anyone interested in my experience grappling with generative AI on campus can check out my Substack today and tomorrow.

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Patriotism: Too Much, Too Little, Just Right The Goldilocks way forward in our age of extremes

My thoughts on patriotism.

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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…

My O.G. post about self-defense insurance as mocked on "The Daily Show" back in 2014.

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Does Self-Defense Insurance Promote Gun Violence? Provocative questions from The New Yorker

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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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...

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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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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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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Not sure if this is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, but reading page proofs for a forthcoming short essay in @contexts.org

My fellow liberals have least engaged the work, disappointingly. The most successful hand offs I have seen were to specific individuals.

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.

New school year brings mandatory gun safety lessons for students in some states

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Meet the New NRA, Same as the Old NRA Won't get fooled again

Chipping away at my summer backlog of writing, beginning here: Meet the New NRA, Same as the Old NRA

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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.

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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Friday 7/25/25 | Professor David Yamane | Headlines | Willie Waffle YouTube video by Michael Dukes Show

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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FDOC, Wake Forest University, Year 22. Analog resources secured.

Every August since 2011 I have gone underground for 10 days to string rackets at the ATP World Tour Winston-Salem Open. Was pleased to string for the doubles champs this year, Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo from Brazil. Two great guys.

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