Targeted: Why We Treat Gun Owners Like They’re Sick
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Welp... Jer bought a gun. And let's just say his progressive friend group had some thoughts. This week, the boys are joined by Noah Schwartz, author of Targeted, to figure out why the topic of firearms immediately feels like a diagnosis. We dive into Jer's journey to getting his PAL (for the love of ethical moose meat, not a zombie apocalypse... probably), the massive cultural gap between Canadian and American gun owners, and the history of framing guns as a "public health crisis."
Is owning a firearm a symptom of sickness? Or is the way we talk about it the real problem?
About the Guest: Noah S. Schwartz is an assistant professor of political science at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC. His research looks at the politics of the gun debate in Canada and the United States.
Resources:
Read the Book: Targeted: Citizenship, Advocacy, and Gun Control in Canada is available now.
Find Noah: Visit noahschwartz.ca
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| 0:37.2 | Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Sick Boy. So listen, we got to talk about something. I bought a gun. Yep, I got my pal, my license. I've got plans for a moose. And let me tell you, the reaction from some of my friends was kind of intense. |
| 0:56.8 | So it got us thinking, why does owning a firearm immediately feel like a medical diagnosis |
| 1:02.2 | to some people? |
| 1:03.3 | Well, today, we are diving deep into that feeling. |
| 1:07.0 | We are joined by political science professor and author Noah Schwartz. |
| 1:11.9 | He wrote a book called Targeted. |
| 1:14.6 | And he's here to help us figure out if gun violence is actually a sickness, or maybe we're |
| 1:22.6 | just looking at it all wrong. |
| 1:24.1 | We get into the very, very wild differences between Canadian and American |
| 1:29.3 | gun culture, the stigma of being a progressive gun owner. And, yeah, we talk about just how |
| 1:36.2 | damn delicious moose meat is. I don't think we actually get into that, but that's neither here |
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