David Yamane's Blog

I have only been to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) SHOT Show (Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show) once. I am attending the show, held annually in Las Vegas, for the second time this year.

This made me realize I needed to set up a page for collecting my posts on the show.

The following are all of my posts on the SHOT Show to date. I will update this page as necessary to keep a current list of all my posts.

Last Updated: 30 May 2025

As noted previously, I stole the phrase “Gun Culture 2.0” from Michael Bane after I heard him talk about it on his Downrange Radio podcast (and got his ex post facto approval btw), and alot of what I learned in my early days as a shooter were from Bob Mayne’s Handgun World Podcast.

So, I am indebted to the hard work of many podcasters, and correspondingly flattered when asked to be a guest. In order for me to keep track of these appearances, I am creating this lan...

Cumulative list of significant products of my work on American gun culture:

(28) “Guns in America: A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms,” The Conversation, 1 May 2025.

(27) “Guns are not just for conservative white men,” The Hill, 9 February 2024.

(26) “The Agony (and Ecstasy) of Liberal Gun Ownership,” Keynote Address to the Liberal Gun Club National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 19 October 2024.

(25) Gun Curious: A Libe...

Author’s Note: I’m not bringing back this blog (find me on Substack), but I recently published a short essay that is too important not to mention.

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 diff...

I don’t attend the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting and exhibits every year, but every time I attend I learn a great deal about American gun culture.

I am attending the meetings in Atlanta this year. It is the first time I will have attended the NRAAM in back-to-back years, having previously attended in 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2024.

This post lists all of my blog posts on the NRA annual meeting and exhibits (updated 18 April 2025).

Cumulative list of significant products of my work on American gun culture:

(27) “Guns are not just for conservative white men,” The Hill, 9 February 2024.

(26) “The Agony (and Ecstasy) of Liberal Gun Ownership,” Keynote Address to the Liberal Gun Club National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 19 October 2024.

(25) Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor’s Surprising Journey Inside America’s Gun Culture (Jefferson, NC: Exposit Books, 2024).

(24) “What the Professor Learned in His Surprising J...

One week from today, I will be participating in a conference on my home campus at Wake Forest University called “A Gun is Not Fun: Strategies to Keep Children Safe from Gun Violence.” I’m excited to have a voice in this conversation.

I posted some preliminary thoughts on my newly established Light Over Heat Substack, and also reposted my 2022 essay “What We Talk Abut When We Talk About ‘Gun Safety'” there.

A description of and registration information for the event follows. I don’t believ...

Last Updated: 7 March 2025

As noted previously, I stole the phrase “Gun Culture 2.0” from Michael Bane after I heard him talk about it on his Downrange Radio podcast (and got his ex post facto approval btw), and alot of what I learned in my early days as a shooter were from Bob Mayne’s Handgun World Podcast.

So, I am indebted to the hard work of many podcasters, and correspondingly flattered when asked to be a guest. In order for me to keep track of these appearances, I am creating this la...

I’ve been busy doing other things — like starting a “Light Over Heat” Substack to replace this blog (no paywall, subscribe here) — so I haven’t put much throught into this year’s National Rifle Association’s annual meetings and exhibits.

The event will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from April 24-27. Details are here.

An email reminding me to register for a media credential got the ball rolling. My request is in and I’ve booked my travel, arriving Thursday and ...

The Washington Post article on trans gun owners that I commented for in January is now out and I think the author, Hallie Lieberman, did a fine job.

Here is a Washington Post gift link to the article so you can decide for yourself.

I was pleased that my point captured in the title of this and the original post made it in the story:

“What’s happening today among trans people is in the tradition of people demanding their rights and saying that they’re willing to defend those rights with ...