David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Women's gun ownership seems to have ticked up from 2014 to 2024. But is the percentage of men who own guns in 2024 "quite a bit lower" than the ownership rate from two decades prior? Or "may be lower"? Or "seems to be lower"? I added the dashed lines to the published graphic. 020 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Full and productive day of gunology yesterday, completing a solid draft of 10 paragraphs on "handgunization" totaling 1,800 words. That's more than one paragraph an hour! 030 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Who would drive 3 hours each way for a one hour class presentation? This guy! "The Paradox of Guns: Normality and Violence" at Randolph College. 130 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A Tenured Professor Can Survive. I may not be able to skin a buck or run a trotline, but I sure as hell didn't wait for our copier tech to show up to change the cyan cartridge on our machine. Own first responder! #selfreliance 030 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I've been working on the same book chapter for 10 years or more. The world won't stand still long enough for me to capture it in words. But I love the research, thinking, and writing that are at the heard of the scholarly life. Truly privileged. 010 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I use Claude to proofread my work for structure, sensibility, repetition, spelling, and grammar, and it does well at capturing basic problems. But it's got nothing on my human writing accountability partner, Lynn, as this post-Claude feedback shows. 040 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Send energy to England. I sent a proposal for my Gun Culture 2.0 book to Polity Books this morning. It's a strong proposal. But I have anticipatory anxiety having been rejected 32 times when trying to place Gun Curious. 040 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I say this as a subscriber: "The New York Times is Afraid of Guns." lightoverheat.substack.com/p/the-new-yo... 010 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Anyway, I've been giving my students specific rules and guidelines for AI use. I don’t tell them NO AI. I do say how they can use AI and ask them to provide “receipts” when they do. I try to practice what I preach. This is the scan for my recent Illuminations #11 monthly Substack newsletter. 010 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026First classroom session for Sociology of Guns today, and we will talk about my AI policy (recall: lightoverheat.substack.com/p/ai-is-a-to...). On this slide I try to distill some of the key differences between what I’m trying to achieve in class and what AI does. What am I missing? 030 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My book came out a couple of years now and I'm guessing there are some people out there who missed the first opportunity to get signed book plates at the release. If you'd like one, just send me your mailing address and to whom you want the book plate signed. 010 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I had students complete my "Let's Talk Guns" project. The two word clouds below compare their responses to those of others who have completed the project (mostly from within the gun community). The differences are pretty striking. Read more on my Substack. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/the-word-c... 010 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On the first day of my Introduction to Sociology class at @wakeforest.bsky.social, I ask the students a question to make explicit our class social contract: “What do we owe each other during our time together?” Here is my digest of their responses. I think it is a good social contract. Do you? 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Every year since 2011 I have spent 10 days stringing rackets at the ATP World Tour Winston-Salem Open. We strung a record 705 rackets this year. Congrats to Ignacio Buse, 2026 🏆 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I have the readings selected for 5 of 9 Sociology of Guns modules that require readings. I need to finish the other 4 modules tomorrow so I can get this to the printer Friday before I leave town. I will, of course, provide the entire syllabus in time if you're curious to know if you made the cut. 🤣 020 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 31/07/2026As I work on my Sociology of Guns syllabus, I am honoring The Odyssey by creating AI rules that negotiate the Scylla of absolute AI bans and the Charybdis of anything goes. 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Course redesign help needed: What questions about guns in America do you wish someone would pursue an answer to with curiosity, open-mindedness, and humility? 200 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Writing is Hard! Gun Culture 2.0 book chapter 1 in progress. Even though I have published some of these ideas before, it still takes so much time and effort to get the writing right. 020 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Glad to see my gun studies colleagues are staying productive this summer. I received 4 invitations to review articles in a week's time. I accepted 2 of the 4. 010 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I did the drawing for not one but two copies of THIS IS A GUN because there was so much interest. If you didn't win, you can buy the book online. You SHOULD buy it: amzn.to/4h5lKZG 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My 4-year-old grandson doesn’t usually ask me to read books to him. That changed when he saw "This is a Gun." He asked me to read it to him over and over. Kids are curious about guns. Address the issue before curiosity becomes tragedy. Comment here to enter a drawing for a free copy. 120 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Have you bought a book for your pet recently? Reading is fundamental. 130 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I just picked up Dr. Gary (Cure Violence) Slutkin’s book, THE END OF VIOLENCE. I note that “gun(s)”/“firearm(s)” do not appear in the index. Why? Because guns don’t predict violence. Previous violence predicts violence. To end gun violence, you need to end violence, not guns. 121 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Comment here before the start of the Norway-England World Cup match to have a chance to win a free copy of the novel WINCE. 100 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Writing is hard. The world is complex. Writing about the world is . . . 5 hours at the computer working on Gun Culture 2.0 book chapter 1 was powered by (intentionally chosen) tea in (intentionally chosen) Lenox Liberty cup and saucer. 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Timely work by my friend and Wake Forest colleague @charactergap.bsky.social. Chapter 5 has been on my mind for a while now and only getting more pressing. 020 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Back at Apache Solutions Firearms Training for a course I have been wanting to sit in on for years. Citizens Safety Academy "Gateway Instructor Certification Course" taught by Tiffany Johnson and Aqil Qadir. Possibly one of the most important classes I've observed. 041 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Cause a Pause. National Crisis Hotline 988. @walkthetalkamerica.bsky.social 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Grateful to have Apache Solutions Firearms Training close by so I can take unique courses like "Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why," a 9 hour classroom course by John Hearne of Two Pillars Training. The Honorary Nerd pocket protector is the best swag I've gotten at a gun course. 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 12/05/20262nd of 3 virtual book club meetings on THE WALKING WOUNDED is tomorrow at 6:00 pm EDT. Not easy to read these stories of trauma, but important to understand. Registration link for book club is: davidyamane.com/welcome-to-v... 120 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 06/05/2026My comms strategist always reminds me that views =/= engagement, but I always remind myself that views are a precondition for engagement, so excited to see this from my talk at TEDx @wakeforest.bsky.social 020 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A story about GLOCK in @vanityfair.com wasn't on my bingo card for 20-ever. 020 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Good resource here, but come on @pewresearch.org, why are you highlighting the NUMBER of gun deaths rather than the rate up front? www.pewresearch.org?p=8030 130 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Most people who are shot don't die. What happens to them after that? Tomorrow (4/29) we begin our discussion of THE WALKING WOUNDED by sociologist Jooyoung Lee. Please join us. davidyamane.com/welcome-to-v... 063 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 26/04/20267 years ago today, I gave my most-viewed talk ever (12K views). My recent TEDx talk has more than doubled that video's viewership. I'm grateful for everyone who has taken time to watch and share "Escaping the Gun Debate Trap." I hope it makes some difference. youtu.be/BzB8MX4v8ko?... 051 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 24/04/2026A few more hours to get into the drawing for a free copy of this book! Register for the virtual book club to be entered. Attendance not necessary to win. wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 010 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Liars! All y'all who said you were going to buy GUN CURIOUS when the audiobook came out . . . 😂😭 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 22/04/2026What a Danish newspaper got right about Brandon Herrera, guntubers, and American gun culture With @stephengutowski.bsky.social of The Reload lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-a-dan... 151 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 17/04/2026“This becomes a challenge for a lot of centrist liberals because they place a lot of faith in the state,” he adds. “Then they see what could go wrong if the state falls into the wrong hands.” www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... 230 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 17/04/2026“What has changed with Trump’s second term and the Alex Pretti incident is the idea that guns aren’t just for personal self-defense, but may also be to resist government tyranny,” says David Yamane, author of “Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor’s Surprising Journey Inside America’s Gun Culture.” 130 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"From my cold, dead hands" vs. "You love guns more than kids" is a trap. Thank you for attending my TEDx talk. 050 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Sick and damn tired of the gun control establishment promoting this nonsense and inserting themselves where they don't belong to boot. It's such a cliche I used it on a sign for my TEDx talk. 030 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 26/03/2026No foolin'! Join us virtually on Wednesday, April 1st for a Q&A session with Margaret Kelley, author of the new book, A GUN OF HER OWN: THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF WOMEN WHO SHOOT. Zoom webinar registration: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 130 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Playing with Fire(arms) for TedxWakeForestU. A difficult and satisfying experience. 020 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 20/03/2026TEDx @wakeforest.bsky.social coming in 🔥. I'm the only professor in the line-up so prepping hard to rep academics. Live on 3/22, hopefully a recording will be available thereafter. 011 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026This guy is really teeing up my TEDx talk next week. If you're in the Piedmont Triad near @wakeforest.bsky.social, come check it out! 000 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Spring Break Tuesday. TEDx prep, chat w/Cam Edwards about "Bridging the Divide" on guns, interview w/Richmond Magazine about urban youth performative open carry, expert witness work for gun patent case, mtg w/John from Essential Partners on bringing character into the gun debate. 020 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026International media continue to be fascinated by liberals owning guns in the US. Last week I spoke with Agence France-Presse and 3 reporters for Japanese newspapers. I hope I am representing the reality well. Additional resources follow. 150 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Excited to bring light over heat to The Gun Debate at TEDxWakeForestU on March 22nd. Save the date and get your free tickets now! @wakeforest.bsky.social 010 0
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Long and productive day talking about seeing guns in a different mirror at ASU BRIDGS. @asucsgs.bsky.social 020 0