June 1, 2024
Special guest appearance with author David Yamane
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 6 pm – 8 pm
Gun Curious
By David Yamane
Please join us for this book launch and signing with David Yamane on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
About the Book:
Cultural and political divisions over firearms are tearing the United States apart. This book does something remarkable: it promotes insight over animosity in understanding the complex reality of guns in America. It challenges firearms skeptics and enthusiasts alike and informs the uncommitted by taking readers on a surprising journey inside gun culture.
An Asian American and lifelong liberal from the San Francisco Bay Area, David Yamane became a first-time gun owner as a 42-year-old and embarked on an immersive 12-year study of American gun culture. Gun Curious brilliantly weaves together his personal experiences and sociological observations to explain why guns make sense to those who own them. Yamane illuminates defensive gun ownership, the risk of negative outcomes associated with firearms, and what responsible gun ownership looks like in the twenty-first century.
Wide-ranging and readable, Gun Curious lowers the heat on America’s inflamed arguments about firearms and models the civil discussions we desperately need right now. If you’re ready for more light and less heat, Gun Curious is for you.
About the Author:
David Yamane is a sociology professor at Wake Forest University. He is an internationally recognized scholarly authority on guns in America and a calming voice in our divisive national argument on the issue. An Asian American and lifelong liberal from the San Francisco Bay Area, Yamane became a first-time gun owner as a 42-year-old and began a 12-year journey into the complex world of firearms in America. Having one foot outside and one inside gun culture allows him to speak with compassion across our paralyzing differences. Yamane’s absorbing and original book, Gun Curious, reflects this singular perspective.
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