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Taking students to the range to learn about gun culture firsthand

  • Written by David Yamane, Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
Taking students to the range to learn about gun culture firsthand'Sociology of Guns' students during a gun range field trip.Sandra Stroud Yamane, Author providedText saying: Uncommon Courses, from The Conversation

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

“Sociology of Guns”

What prompted the idea for the course?

I grew up in the liberal culture of the San...

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