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The Uncertain Hour

“A mosquito in a nudist colony”

The Uncertain Hour

Marketplace

Government, News

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress rolled back a gun regulation last year that would have restricted some people with mental disabilities from buying guns. Now, this story isn’t about gun control, but the law they used to erase that rule and 14 others last year. It’s a tale that goes back decades, and it starts in Kenya in the 1960s. Along the way, we’ll meet a man in a white suit and an army of used car dealers. This story is also the last episode of our second season, all about who writes the rules, who gets to unwrite them and who gets written off.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

or being guided into Warrior I in the break room before your shift,

0:08.0

whether you're running on your Peloton tread at your mom's house while she watches the baby,

0:13.5

or counting your breaths on the subway.

0:18.9

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0:25.3

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0:30.4

Hey, uncertain hour listeners. We are back, finally, with the last episode in our regulation series.

0:37.3

We've been working really hard on it and we're excited to bring it to you now.

0:40.8

And I should say right off the bat that this episode is not about guns or gun regulation,

0:48.2

but to get at what this episode is about, I need to pause on this one event that got a lot of

0:54.0

attention in the aftermath of that awful school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

0:59.5

The story we're following this morning, the fatal shooting in a high school in Southern Florida.

1:03.9

17 dead after a troubled young man with a history of mental health issues,

1:08.8

bought an assault rifle and used it to murder 17 students, teachers and staff at Marjorie Stoneman

1:15.2

Douglas High School. Used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Contessa Brewer is here with more on this story.

1:21.1

Things unfolded as you know from there.

1:23.6

It's not going to be top like it has been in the past. It's been going on too long, too many instances.

1:30.5

Leaders began making statements, common themes emerged, including how we need to do better

1:36.8

with background checks on gun sales and mental illness. That was one of the big points hit by

1:42.8

President Trump. We're going to be very strong on background checks, very strong emphasis on

1:48.9

the mental health of somebody. Republican lawmakers like Senator Chuck Grassley and House Speaker

1:54.7

Paul Ryan hit that theme too. We have not done a very good job of making sure that people that have

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