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David Yamane
@davidyamane
GUN CURIOUS book. Light Over Heat on YouTube and Substack. The Bob Ross of Guns. Sociologist at Wake Forest University. Bowties.
North Carolina, USA
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    David Yamane
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    Was reminded today that my @TEDx talk at @WakeForest crossed over 100,000 views a while back. Grateful for the response and some of the 1,600 comments! 😂
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    Escaping the Gun Debate Trap | David Yamane | TEDxWakeForestU
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    David Yamane
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    Apr 21, 2023
    My opinion in @TheHillOpinion today: Stand Your Ground Laws do not allow you to "shoot first and ask questions later." Stop saying they do, please.
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    Stand Your Ground laws do not allow you to ‘shoot first and ask questions later’
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    David Yamane
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    Aug 21, 2020
    Wake Forest University travel policy: Non-Essential Travel: My field research Essential Travel: Athletic recruiting and competition I am fine to count my research as non-essential, but not if athletic recruiting and competition is essential. #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter
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    David Yamane
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    Apr 22, 2023
    Replying to @ryandbusse and @TheHillOpinion
    I invite Everytown and all others who the phrase to join me in not using "shoot first" anymore to help disabuse people of these ideas.
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    David Yamane
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    Jan 26, 2022
    Gun owners, the vast majority of whom are not problematic in terms of the violence being targeted, are getting scapegoated pretty hard in San Jose. The glee of GVP advocates over this is telling.
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    The Trace
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    Jan 26, 2022
    The San Jose city council has approved the first-of-its-kind measure that would require gun-owning households to contribute money for violence prevention (~$25 annually) and get gun liability insurance. Read more from @MaggieAngst for @mercnews: mercurynews.com/2022/01/25/san…
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    David Yamane
    @davidyamane
    Mar 26, 2024
    🧵I am a bit shell-shocked still. Last night I had the privilege of teaching more "students" (159) in my guns webinar than I have in 9 years of Sociology of Guns seminars at @WakeForest. Another 250+ will be getting a link to a recording of the webinar today. I'm so grateful. 1/5
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    David Yamane
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    Jun 11, 2022
    Hard pass. Please don't contribute to this by overpaying for $25 bourbon.
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    David Yamane
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    Feb 17, 2024
    Lost my dad 1 yr ago. I carry him with me every day. I was fortunate to work with him & learn about work from him. I would try so hard to make my work look as good as his & would always ask him, "How is this?" He would always say, "Did you do your best?" His standard is now mine.
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    David Yamane
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    Dec 16, 2021
    Posted without further comment as none needed.
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    David Yamane
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    Dec 8, 2018
    "Every first draft is perfect because all the first draft has to do is exist. It is perfect in its existence." - Francine Prose #writing #writerslife #writer #AcademicTwitter #soctwitter
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    David Yamane
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    Nov 6, 2023
    12 years in the making and now just one final read-through for clarity. This is a major "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good enough" moment. Time to let it go and be whatever it is meant to be.
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    David Yamane
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    Jun 29, 2022
    Over 10 years in the making, and through many different incarnations, my proposal for "GUN CURIOUS: A Journey into America's Evolving Culture of Firearms" is finally under submission. Please send your secular or religious appeals on behalf of this project to Manhattan.
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    David Yamane
    @davidyamane
    Jan 17, 2024
    Now that the GUN CURIOUS book cover cat is out of the bag, please surf over to the book's website and sign up to receive more information about ordering, swag, and other insider opportunities. guncurious.com #books #publishing #bookcover #writer #writingcommunity
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    David Yamane
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    Feb 22, 2023
    Not only can I not compete well in today's attention economy, but I realized recently I don't want to. I am going to be putting more time and energy going forward into what suits me best, like distilling a decade's worth of research down into 10k words.
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