How the NRA changed American politics (w/ Ryan Busse & Tim Mak)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
For more than a century has had on the books a concealed carry law that permits individuals to carry a weapon only if they demonstrate they have a special need for one to protect themselves from a threat on their lives. This week, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge from that law from an NRA affiliated group arguing that such restrictions are an unconstitutional violation to a citizen’s right to bare arms. Gun control advocatesfear it’s something that could end up in the Supreme Court, which now has a solid 6-3 conservative majority. Two authors, both with a book out about the NRA and guns - Ryan Busse and Tim Mak - join to discuss where America is headed when it comes to guns, gun violence, and those that lobby for open carry.
GUESTS:
- Ryan Busse (@ryandbusse), author of Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America
- Tim Mak (@timkmak), Author of Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
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| 0:00.0 | For more than a century, New York State has had on the books a concealed carry law that |
| 0:06.8 | permits individuals to carry a weapon only if they demonstrate they have a special need |
| 0:11.6 | for one to protect themselves from a threat on their lives. |
| 0:16.0 | But this week the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to that law from an NRA affiliated |
| 0:20.6 | group arguing that such restrictions are an unconstitutional violation of a citizen's |
| 0:25.8 | right to bear arms. |
| 0:28.0 | It's a monumental case that gun control advocates fear could end up with the Supreme Court, |
| 0:32.8 | with its now solid 6-3 conservative majority knocking down or whittling down the New |
| 0:37.9 | York State law and a slew of other laws around the country aimed at reducing the countries |
| 0:43.0 | of pauling levels of gun violence. |
| 0:45.7 | We'll talk to Ryan Bussey and Tim Mac, two authors with new books that offer keen insights |
| 0:50.5 | into the years-long battle over gun rights and what the Supreme Court case portends for |
| 0:55.4 | the future on this episode of Skull Duggery. |
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