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In Guns We Trust
Gun restrictions were not always so fraught in America. The second episode of “Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust” explains how the National Rifle Association seized on the Second Amendment to change the course of history.
The Gun Machine
In this episode of The Gun Machine, we take a closer look at the one group of customers the firearms industry doesn’t want you to think about: criminals.
Domestic Violence
Federal law bars convicted batterers from buying firearms, but often little is done to separate them from any weapons they already own.