Bunker USA: How an obsession with guns shaped a nation

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 having a cell phone – it’s unimaginable.”

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Book link:

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691230399/merchants-of-the-right

Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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