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

 
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The Gun Violence Archive offers this tally of gun deaths and injuries in America, as of 10/24.

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--2/5: 5K deaths & injuries

--3/6: 10K deaths & injuries

--4/5: 15K deaths & injuries

--5/14: 20K deaths & injuries

--6/9: 25K deaths & injuries

--7/4: 30K deaths & injuries

--7/30: 35K deaths & injuries

--8/25: 40K deaths & injuries

--9/23: 45K deaths & injuries

--10/23: 50K deaths & injuries

 

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

 

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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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