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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Bunker USA: How an obsession with guns shaped a nation
Description: There are more guns than people in America. How does this obsession shape US society? Gavin Esler is joined by Jennifer Carlson, author of new book Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy, to explore the US fascination with guns, the people who are selling them, and how they shape a right -wing ideology.
“There’s a feeling that you can’t rely on collective security so you need a gun.”
“Gun policy is made at the state level, meaning it is very hard to regulate.”
“People compare not having a gun to not ha...