Review: Gun Curious, the Book You Need to Read
Aside from the catchy title and the admittedly marketing-savvy design on the cover, you might be wondering if a book about America’s gun culture from a Wake Forest sociologist is worth your time. Or maybe you aren’t wondering and hadn’t even heard of it until today. Whether you’re a voracious reader or prefer to browse […]
Interview: Wake Forest Sociologist Professor David Yamane on America’s Gun Culture
David Yamane is a sociology professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has become an internationally recognized authority on America’s gun culture. He’s also become a gun guy and takes students in his Sociology of Guns class to the range every year to shoot (GASP!) an AR-15 rifle. He writes at guncurious.com […]
Guns are for Everyone: More LGBT People are Buying Guns, But They Have a Way to Go to Catch Up
In her courses, [firearm instructor Clara] Elliott teaches the importance of first aid and deescalation techniques alongside firearms knowledge. Class fees are on a sliding scale, and she sends free self-defense kits to trans and nonbinary people. The kits include a stun gun, pepper spray, and box cutters—but also condoms and lip balm, because, Elliott […]