24. Cowboys, Gangsters, and Assassins: How Gun Laws Died (Ep 2)

Journey Through Time

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4.3 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Was the Wild West really lawless? Why did the 1960s mark a turning point in the gun debate? How did a convicted killer become one of the most influential figures in modern gun politics? Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they discuss how the NRA changed from a sportsman's organisation to a pro-gun lobby. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.6	Welcome to Journey Through Time in our second episode on the surprising and somewhat disturbing
0:52.2	history of the National Rifle Association, the NRA,
0:56.0	and about America and its strange relationship with guns.
1:00.1	I'm David Olusiogger.
1:01.6	And I'm Sarah Churchwell.
1:03.2	And yes, we were talking last week about the history of this group called the NRA in the US.
1:07.7	Every American has heard of it.
1:09.1	It's synonymous with being massively for gun rights, for the right to bear arms in the U.S. Every American has heard of it. It's synonymous with being massively for gun rights for the right to bear arms in the
1:14.8	Second Amendment.
1:15.8	And we're talking about the history of how the NRA was established.
1:19.0	And we just ended at the end of our episode last week with that founding of the NRA in 1871
1:25.4	by two union veterans of the Civil War who wanted to improve gun safety.
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