Gun Curious, David Yamane
Gun Curious, David Yamane
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Gun Curious
A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture

Author: David Yamane

Narrator: Mike Hennessy

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 04/07/2025

Synopsis

More than ever, it feels like cultural and political divisions over firearms are tearing the United States apart. Guns are an undeniable and contradictory presence in America, both widely owned and controversial. This book does something remarkable: it promotes insight over animosity in understanding the complex reality of guns in America. It challenges firearms skeptics, entertains enthusiasts, and informs the uncommitted by taking readers on a surprising journey inside gun culture.A lifelong liberal from the San Francisco Bay Area, David Yamane became a new gun owner as a 42-year-old and embarked on an immersive twelve-year study of American gun culture. Weaving together his personal experiences and sociological observations to explain why guns make sense to those who own them, he illuminates defensive gun ownership, the risk of negative outcomes associated with firearms, and what responsible gun ownership looks like in the twenty-first century. This book lowers the heat on America’s inflamed arguments about firearms and models the civil discussions we desperately need.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tovis on May 11, 2024

This is an outstanding book that is a must-read for anyone who is curious about guns. Typically, in public discourse, firearms can be a huge, divisive issue. Yamane does an amazing job opening up about his experiences with guns, as well as talking about perceptions with a wealth of knowledge, all wh......more

Goodreads review by Les on March 06, 2025

What a great book. Yamane really goes deep into gun culture and gives provocative and detailed reasons for why a continued gun culture in America is beneficial. As a gun/2nd Amendment conservative advocate I appreciated his perspective from a liberal gun advocate. This is going to be my go to recomm......more

Goodreads review by Ani on June 18, 2024

GUN CURIOUS is what has been missing from the firearms shouting match. Five stars. In GUN CURIOUS, Dr. David Yamane offers his own personal experiences and insights, in addition to academic observations and research on the topic of firearms, ownership and the perceived gulf between “gun” and “no gun......more

Goodreads review by Reader on June 10, 2024

Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor’s Surprising Journey Inside America’s Gun Culture Author: David Yamane, Ph.D. What do you get when you mix a San Francisco born liberal sociology professor and the down home southern love for firearms? You get “Gun Curious”, a blend of academic analysis of American gun......more

Goodreads review by Quintin on January 12, 2025

I work in gun and firearms research and, myself am a liberal professor, so when I ran across Dr. Yamane’s book mentioned in a national committee (where he sat in briefly) I was extremely interested in reading his book. I think he is very brave to outline his experience because as he notes he will ha......more

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