Gun Country is an ongoing, multi-format project that reboots the conversation about guns in America.

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Gun Country weaves together news, storytelling, dialog and advocacy, to explore the hold guns have on us, and to amplify efforts to reduce gun violence.

 

News/Updates

 

A selection of stories or opinions to help you navigate the world's most well-armed society. Updated regularly.

 
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How Democrats And Republicans Think Differently About Crime And Gun Violence

Going into the midterm elections, crime and gun violence consistently rank as top concerns for American voters. But as the polling site thirtyeight.com finds out in a recent survey, there are wide disparities in how Democrats and Republicans view the issues.

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Half-Cocked

 

HEAR the trailer for Half-Cocked, a speculative fiction podcast about a self-assured gun lobbyist whose life careens off the tracks, threatening to topple the entire gun industry. This fictional story is bolstered by factual commentary, giving stakeholders in the gun debate a voice.


GO DEEPER: Watch Warren Burger's takedown of the gun lobby, as featured in the Half-Cocked trailer, and learn how fellow former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens would amend the Second Amendment.

 

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