America’s Rich History of Gun Control

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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It's been nearly a year since the Supreme Court set a precedent that gun control laws should be judged against “America's historical tradition.” That ruling has opened the door to more than 100 legal challenges — and dozens of gun control laws being overturned. But experts say when it comes to actual U.S. history... lax gun laws are the exception, not the rule. What's the truth behind America's history with firearms? And what can America's present learn from its past? Guest: Robert J Spitzer, professor emeritus at SUNY Cortland, author of The Gun Dilemma. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	He funded across the frontier, appearing out of nowhere to strike down injustice.
0:42.0	His time is still verbal.
0:44.8	Before Robert Spitzer grew up to be an expert on American gun policy,
0:49.3	he watched a lot of Westerns.
0:51.8	How was raised on cowboy movies and cowboy TV shows and gunslinging and all of the rest?
0:58.5	We'd all be much better off if there wasn't a single gun left in this valley.
1:02.8	A gun is as good or bad as a man using it.
1:05.5	He was raised on stories of an America built by rugged men with six shooters on their hips.
1:13.4	A terror-stricken town left him to face four killers.
1:18.0	Even though that image was mostly made up.
1:21.7	Gary Cooper was a great actor and high-noon, great, great movie,
1:25.9	but was that typical of the West?
1:28.9	Well, no.
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