The Dana Carvey SNL character “Grumpy Old Man” has always been a favorite of mine, especially the tagline, “I like things the way they used to be.” Now, I am not a full-on Luddite when it comes to technology. I got my first computer (Apple IIc) when I went to college in 1986. Got myContinue reading “Grumpy Old Man Tries Google Bard AI Chatbot on the Normality of Guns”
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Shooting Guns is Normal
In his excellent book, The Gun Gap, political scientist Mark Joslyn highlights the ways in which gun owners and non-owners live in very different social worlds. For example, non-owners are much more likely than owners to say none of their friends own guns. Unfortunately, one of the few times these different social worlds come togetherContinue reading “Shooting Guns is Normal”
Light Over Heat #3: The Changing Face of Gun Owners Today
In this third “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I explore what two 2021 National Firearms Surveys tell us about the diverse and changing face of gun owners today. The first survey, Georgetown business professor William English’s 2021 National Firearms Survey, highlights the diversity of contemporary gun owners. The second survey, a 2021Continue reading “Light Over Heat #3: The Changing Face of Gun Owners Today”
Light Over Heat #2: Big Denominators and Estimates of Gun Ownership in the United States
In this second “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I think about the importance of big denominators in understanding guns and gun owners in the United States, and explain why surveys tend to underestimate the rate of gun ownership. Accounting for under-reporting of gun ownership in surveys, I conclude it’s possible that 40%Continue reading “Light Over Heat #2: Big Denominators and Estimates of Gun Ownership in the United States”
Light Over Heat Video #1: Just How Normal Are Guns and Gun Owners, Anyway?
In this first “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I take up the question, “Just how normal are guns and gun owners, anyway?” Drawing on data on negative outcomes with guns as a proportion of the total number of guns owned in the US (400 million), the total number of gun owners (76.56Continue reading “Light Over Heat Video #1: Just How Normal Are Guns and Gun Owners, Anyway?”
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