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Over the next stretch of revisionist history, we have a special treat for you.

Six episodes all devoted to one theme, an examination of the many weird and strange corners

of the American obsession with guns.

It's about what we don't know, what we get wrong, how we screwed up and how utterly

bizarre things get in a country where guns stand at the center of our culture.

Our journey begins in 17th century England with a mysterious merchant named John Knight,

who inexplicably has become a 21st century legal celebrity.

Then onto the New York City Subways, the hallowed halls of the Supreme Court, a little town

in rural Alabama, the south side of Chicago, and the wild, wild west.

Which city, to be exact, I'll show you what it means to get out of dodge.

We'll consider a what if involving the assassination of Robert Kennedy.

I'll shoot assault rifles in a range in the woods of North Carolina and sit in the basement

of the University of Chicago Hospital as an ER doc pours out his heart to me.

Now as you may already know, you can hear this entire series starting right now by becoming

a Pushkin Plus subscriber.

You can subscribe on Apple podcasts or on our website, pushkin.fm slash plus.

Or here are the episodes weekly, right here in the revisionist history feed.

We'd also love to hear from you as you listen.

You can write into our contact form at revisionisthistory.com.

All right, here we go.

It's 1686 in Bristol, a major port and manufacturing center on the southwest coast of England.

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