I just picked up Dr. Gary (Cure Violence) Slutkin’s book, THE END OF VIOLENCE. I note that “gun(s)”/“firearm(s)” do not appear in the index. Why? Because guns don’t predict violence. Previous violence predicts violence. To end gun violence, you need to end violence, not guns.

Comment here before the start of the Norway-England World Cup match to have a chance to win a free copy of the novel WINCE.

Writing is hard. The world is complex. Writing about the world is . . . 5 hours at the computer working on Gun Culture 2.0 book chapter 1 was powered by (intentionally chosen) tea in (intentionally chosen) Lenox Liberty cup and saucer.

Timely work by my friend and Wake Forest colleague @charactergap.bsky.social. Chapter 5 has been on my mind for a while now and only getting more pressing.

Back at Apache Solutions Firearms Training for a course I have been wanting to sit in on for years. Citizens Safety Academy "Gateway Instructor Certification Course" taught by Tiffany Johnson and Aqil Qadir. Possibly one of the most important classes I've observed.

Cause a Pause. National Crisis Hotline 988. @walkthetalkamerica.bsky.social

Grateful to have Apache Solutions Firearms Training close by so I can take unique courses like "Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why," a 9 hour classroom course by John Hearne of Two Pillars Training. The Honorary Nerd pocket protector is the best swag I've gotten at a gun course.

2nd of 3 virtual book club meetings on THE WALKING WOUNDED is tomorrow at 6:00 pm EDT. Not easy to read these stories of trauma, but important to understand. Registration link for book club is: davidyamane.com/welcome-to-v...

My comms strategist always reminds me that views =/= engagement, but I always remind myself that views are a precondition for engagement, so excited to see this from my talk at TEDx @wakeforest.bsky.social

A story about GLOCK in @vanityfair.com wasn't on my bingo card for 20-ever.

Good resource here, but come on @pewresearch.org, why are you highlighting the NUMBER of gun deaths rather than the rate up front? www.pewresearch.org?p=8030

Most people who are shot don't die. What happens to them after that? Tomorrow (4/29) we begin our discussion of THE WALKING WOUNDED by sociologist Jooyoung Lee. Please join us. davidyamane.com/welcome-to-v...

7 years ago today, I gave my most-viewed talk ever (12K views). My recent TEDx talk has more than doubled that video's viewership. I'm grateful for everyone who has taken time to watch and share "Escaping the Gun Debate Trap." I hope it makes some difference. youtu.be/BzB8MX4v8ko?...

A few more hours to get into the drawing for a free copy of this book! Register for the virtual book club to be entered. Attendance not necessary to win. wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Liars! All y'all who said you were going to buy GUN CURIOUS when the audiobook came out . . . 😂😭

What a Danish newspaper got right about Brandon Herrera, guntubers, and American gun culture With @stephengutowski.bsky.social of The Reload lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-a-dan...

“This becomes a challenge for a lot of centrist liberals because they place a lot of faith in the state,” he adds. “Then they see what could go wrong if the state falls into the wrong hands.” www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...

“What has changed with Trump’s second term and the Alex Pretti incident is the idea that guns aren’t just for personal self-defense, but may also be to resist government tyranny,” says David Yamane, author of “Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor’s Surprising Journey Inside America’s Gun Culture.”

"From my cold, dead hands" vs. "You love guns more than kids" is a trap. Thank you for attending my TEDx talk.

Sick and damn tired of the gun control establishment promoting this nonsense and inserting themselves where they don't belong to boot. It's such a cliche I used it on a sign for my TEDx talk.

No foolin'! Join us virtually on Wednesday, April 1st for a Q&A session with Margaret Kelley, author of the new book, A GUN OF HER OWN: THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF WOMEN WHO SHOOT. Zoom webinar registration: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Playing with Fire(arms) for TedxWakeForestU. A difficult and satisfying experience.

TEDx @wakeforest.bsky.social coming in 🔥. I'm the only professor in the line-up so prepping hard to rep academics. Live on 3/22, hopefully a recording will be available thereafter.

This guy is really teeing up my TEDx talk next week. If you're in the Piedmont Triad near @wakeforest.bsky.social, come check it out!

Spring Break Tuesday. TEDx prep, chat w/Cam Edwards about "Bridging the Divide" on guns, interview w/Richmond Magazine about urban youth performative open carry, expert witness work for gun patent case, mtg w/John from Essential Partners on bringing character into the gun debate.

International media continue to be fascinated by liberals owning guns in the US. Last week I spoke with Agence France-Presse and 3 reporters for Japanese newspapers. I hope I am representing the reality well. Additional resources follow.

Excited to bring light over heat to The Gun Debate at TEDxWakeForestU on March 22nd. Save the date and get your free tickets now! @wakeforest.bsky.social

Long and productive day talking about seeing guns in a different mirror at ASU BRIDGS. @asucsgs.bsky.social

Trump accuses Supreme Court justices of being swayed by foreign interests.

Day of Remembrance. Marking the February 19, 1942 signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.