Professor Yamane on Guns in America

Professor Yamane's writing is always worth reading. Guns in America: 5 Observations to Understand America’s Culture of Firearms

I shot a gun for the first time in January 2011. On that day, I began a personal and sociological journey into America’s gun culture that culminated in the June 2024 publication of my book, Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor’s Surprising Journey Inside America’s Gun Culture.

Trying to fit more than a decade’s observations in a single book was difficult. Harder still was to write a TL:DR for those for whom a book is too many words.

But he did write that TL:DR summary. That can be found at the article ... Guns in America: A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms.

1. Guns are normal

About 86 million American adults – 1 in 3 – own at least one of the estimated 400 million firearms in the U.S. today.

Imagine if everyone who uses TikTok in the U.S. owned a gun – and then add the population of New York City. That is enough gun owners to fill over 1,000 NFL stadiums.

And you should be reading Professor Yamane's writing, including his books.