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.

I don't hold the trademark on "Gun Culture 2.0," but I don't think the authors of this otherwise interesting @nytimes.com article use the term correctly. Maybe after TEDx I will have time to explain why. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u...

I enjoyed joining "Firearms Friday" on The Michael Dukes Show to talk about Bridging the Divide on gun rights vs. public safety. www.youtube.com/live/cMaNZOo...

Posts like this highlight that @everytown.org is actually part of the problem. Gun owners are rightfully offended by this and distrustful of an organization that would promote it.

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!

"...Learning to just say "okay" and then actually leave the conversation has really improved my overall mental well being. Just leave and don't go back to see what, if anything, they replied. You do not owe them your attention..." booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2026/03/poin...

People most often quote Roosevelt's "The Man in the Arena" speech because of a few sentences celebrating individualism and determination. But there are actually lots of progressive gems in there like this section connecting liberty with how one's country treats minorities and shuns all persecution.

Going to talk about "Bridging the Divide" on gun rights vs. public safety for Firearms Friday tdoay on The Michael Dukes Show. 10:00 am Eastern/7:00 am Pacific on Friday the 13th! www.michaeldukesshow.com

I had a chance to talk about "Bridging the Divide" on gun rights vs. public safety with Cam Edwards on his Cam & Co show. He's skeptical and I understand that. Hopefully I responded well to some of his concerns, at least. youtu.be/kwxI-NkezXk?...

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.

Stand Your Ground laws are not a get out of jail free or don't go to jail card. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Another month of work in the books trying to bring Light Over Heat to the world of guns. How did I do? lightoverheat.substack.com/p/illuminati...

BJ Campbell's after action review of the Bridging the Divide initiative and gun rights/public safety policy package we both worked on. open.substack.com/pub/hwfo/p/a...

Not really looking forward to the "I didn't read it but here's what I think" my either/or mind is already made up folks, but ce la vie. My report from inside the "Bridging the Divide" initiative. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-happe...

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

I don't typically read romance novels but the dark academia angle got me. And the author is a friend. I just backed Dark Academia Military Romance Special Editions on @kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/jes...

Interesting @thereloadteam.bsky.social podcast with @stephengutowski.bsky.social on a new effort to bridge the gun rights/public safety divide. youtu.be/OSYPusnRzyA?...

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

I like this shift from guns as symbols to guns as things: "No matter where you stand on the issue, guns are potent symbols that can stir strong feelings. Fundamentally, though, they are a product, manufactured and sold by businesses in pursuit of profits." www.thetrace.org/event/invest...

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

If you truly care about violence in the USA, you must follow @davidyamane.bsky.social and his substack. Read this. It's important. open.substack.com/pub/lightove...

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

I can't believe how good AI is these days. I though for a second that this shiz was real. 🙀😵‍💫

Happy New Year, especially to all you fire horses out there.

Thoughts stimulated by news of a forthcoming book by Malcolm Gladwell on gun violence in America. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/the-americ...

I'm on the most recent episode of Alive with Steve Burns (Yes, that's Steve from Blue's Clues and his grown-up podcast). We talk a bit about American gun culture and the sheer scale of gun ownership. I think it's a good conversation. youtu.be/-L9fwWdOJ50?...

"Hello, I'm from the government and I'm here to help." I trotted out this old saw to a mixed gun/academic crowd last fall. Only people from the gun community laughed. Wonder if I'd get a different response today?

Arrived at ND in '98 as a Catholic aff action prof. Supported the Catholic mission, studied the church & its social teaching, published on Catholicism. Left in '04 for many of the same reasons Chris Smith gives. Being untenured, I had to jump before I was pushed. firstthings.com/why-im-done-...

Reminds me of what an editor said about my proposal for GUN CURIOUS in 2023: “I don’t actually think that there is a substantively pro-gun or gun-curious yet still avowedly liberal audience anymore, so I’m not totally sure how or to whom one would successfully market this book.” Ahead of my time! 🤣

Working on some graphics for my presentation on "American Gun Culture in a Different Mirror" at the @asucsgs.bsky.social Guns in Society Symposium in a couple of weeks. Google's Nano Banana is pretty easy to use and good enough for my purposes. What do you think?

Drawing for a free copy of Margaret Kelley's new book, A GUN OF HER OWN, recently published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social. We are reading this spring in Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club. youtube.com/shorts/aNN20...

Last day to register for our Virtual Book Club and be entered into a drawing to win a free copy of Margaret Kelley's new book, A GUN OF HER OWN: THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF WOMEN WHO SHOOT. davidyamane.com/welcome-to-v...

The Whitewasher in Chief doing work. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

Perfectly on Big Lie brand for the "heads I win, tails you lose" president.

In re my "Two Americas" post from the other day, this Ipsos Poll shows that 67% of Republicans think that current ICE efforts are about right or don't go far enough. 92% of Democrats and 65% of Independents say they go too far.

@greenday @badbunny #MAGA #EpsteinFiles

Joined @whyy.org Studio 2 to talk about America's changing gun politics yesterday w/James Reeves and Lara Smith. I had some further thoughts I shared on my Substack this morning: "The Liberal Buddhist Gun Owner: A Very American Story." lightoverheat.substack.com/p/the-libera...

Register by Friday, 2/6 for our Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club discussion of Margaret Kelley's new book, A GUN OF HER OWN: THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF WOMEN WHO SHOOT to be entered into a drawing for a free copy! davidyamane.com/welcome-to-v...

This is so on brand for Trump. Put your own name on a memorial building then run it into the ground. Well done! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Ammon Bundy is all alone? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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“The idea that carrying a loaded gun with an extra magazine is ‘bad stuff’ will come as a shock to many—especially gun owners.” For RDI’s The Next Move, @stephengutowski.bsky.social disputes Trump administration claims on Alex Pretti’s gun rights:

WORK-RELATED POST: 2026 has hit the ground running. Between a whirlwind trip to SHOT Show, a viral YouTube video, and some important conversations on the horizon, there’s a lot to share in this month's Illuminations newsletter. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/illuminati...

Lot of familiar names interviewed for this @cnn.com article. Some of the same topics we'll cover live on @whyy.org Studio 2 at noon Eastern on Tuesday, 2/3. Join us! www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/u...

Looking forward to talking about changes in American gun culture on @whyy.org Studio 2 with James Reeves and @franklangfitt.bsky.social this Tuesday at noon Eastern livestreamed on their YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@WHYYPhilade...

Kicking off year 3 of Virtual Book Club with an exciting new book on women who shoot. Register for the book club by 2/6 to enter for a chance to win a free copy of the book. (Direct reg lnk in comments.) @routledgebooks.bsky.social youtu.be/jQm0fahTCqg

30 second video I recorded at SHOT Show and uploaded as a YouTube Short got 3.5 million views and more than doubled my channel's subscriptions. God Bless The Algorithm. youtube.com/shorts/jSO3R...

Took advantage of my involuntary layover in PHX to watch John Correia make sausage. In this case, his analysis of the shooting of Alex Pretti. The thought & care he puts into his analysis is impressive. Educating not trying to score political points. Light Over Heat. youtu.be/rRl_BNfgIHo?...

Amid the heated debates over law enforcement, protest, and civilian gun carry, how about a light-filled conversation between two PhDs about gun collecting? @firearmshistorian.bsky.social joins me for part 2 of our discussion. youtu.be/eRaDU0GWS8s