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Today, Explained

This is America

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The NRA announced a new president today: Fox News contributor and Iran-Contra alum Oliver North. The news caps a big weekend for the organization. Tens of thousands of Americans (including President Trump) descended on Dallas for the National Rifle Association’s 147th annual meeting. Vox’s German Lopez explains how our national gunfight has and hasn’t changed since the Parkland shooting, and a longtime gun owner explains why he sawed his AR-15 in half. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay Sean, where are we right now?

0:02.4

We are outside. It's sunny. It's beautiful.

0:05.0

Connecticut and Rhode Island, Washington, D.C.

0:07.0

Walking down the street, having a great time. Do you know where we're going?

0:10.1

I don't. Where are we going?

0:12.9

Oh, you know where we're going. We're going to Mattressburg.

0:15.5

Yes! Yes!

0:16.9

Mattressburg.com podcast 10 gets a 10% off before June 5th now. They keep extending it.

0:22.5

That's great!

0:23.7

It's great for someone.

0:30.0

The thing about America's gun fight is that it comes and goes and waves.

0:41.0

Everything is chill. Everyone's just doing their thing,

0:43.3

minding their business. And then all of a sudden,

0:48.1

there's a mass shooting and we're at each other's throats.

0:54.7

But this weekend, our national conversation about guns

0:58.0

was reenergized into dramatically different ways.

1:02.0

Childish Gambino released a new song and video for this is America.

1:14.8

The video features Childish Gambino acting out some casual mass murder and literally singing

1:20.5

and dancing away from the violence. It's stunning, it's thought provoking,

1:24.8

and it's already been viewed tens upon tens of millions of times online.

1:30.8

On the same weekend, over in Texas,

1:37.2

the NRA held its 147th annual convention in Dallas.

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