Publish Date: 10-22-2026
Original Air Date: 4-6-2018

Today we look back to the spring of 2018, when a conservative listener called in looking for common ground on guns and we answered her point by point: the research on defensive gun use, who gets to be the good guy with a gun, what the Second Amendment was written to do, and the policies most Americans, gun owners included, already support. After the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, every one of those questions is back.

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Ch. 1: Listener Voicemail - Looking for common ground on gun control - Caitlin

Ch. 2: Jennifer Carlson on race and gun culture - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 3-12-18

Ch. 3: Second amendment redefinition a fraud on the American people - Bradcast - Air Date 3-27-18

Ch. 4: The myth of defensive gun ownership Part 1 - Science VS

Ch. 5: The myth of defensive gun ownership - The David Pakman Show - Air Date 2-3-15

Ch. 6: The myth of defensive gun ownership Part 2 - Science VS

Ch. 7: Gun Control will Not Cure a Society that Produces Monstrous Behavior - The Real News Network - Air Date 2-24-18

Ch. 8: Danger of guns to women - Progressive Faith Sermons with Rev. Dr. Ray - Air Date 10-8-17

Ch. 9: The homicide rate with guns present, especially against women - Science VS

Ch. 10: Prevalence of guns results in more gun deaths and laws do work - Speak Out with Tim Wise - Air Date 2-20-18

Ch. 11: The Gun Policies Americans Agree On - On the Media - Air Date 1-8-16

Ch. 12: Does It Matter What You Think About Gun Policy? - On the Media - Air Date 1-8-16

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