From Shooting News Weekly: What Academics Consistently Miss When Examining America’s Gun Culture
Academics, mostly, hate guns. Is Professor Yamane the exception that "proves the rule?"
Fourteen years into my personal and sociological journey through American gun culture, I am constantly reminded of how difficult it is to find scholarship on everyday firearm use. Despite the longstanding presence of a robust legal gun culture, the social scientific study of guns is dominated by criminological and epidemiological studies of gun violence.
Click thru. Or you can find the original at How I Fell for Guns from Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane
There is no such thing as an anti-gun gun range - Tamara Keel (probably)
And you should be reading Professor Yamane's writing (see the link above), and watching his videos.
Speaking of videos, Professor Yamane has a 5 minute video on this topic. How I Fell for Guns (Hint: Shooting is Fun) and Free Download Opportunity (Light Over Heat #139). The article he discusses goes into much more detail. It is only generally available for a month... 3 weeks at this point.
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