GVPanorama - "The Gun Machine"
An in-depth podcast about how America was forged by the gun industry.
While on the search for recent gun violence prevention news for our weekly "Friday Finds” feature, we often come across editorials, personal stories, or wider-lens articles that don’t necessarily fit into a “current events” window. With “GVPanorama” we will highlight some of these thought-provoking pieces.
Today, we call attention to a great podcast, The Gun Machine, that debuted last fall.
Produced by the Boston’s NPR affiliate, WBUR — in conjunction with The Trace — the series focuses on the consistent pro-gun fallacy that the “Big Bad Government” is “coming for your guns.” In reality, the U.S. government has subsidized the gun industry throughout its history. As taxpayers that means — no matter what your view of America’s gun problem — you are invested in it.
The host is Alain Stephens, an investigative reporter who has “covered federal agents, arms traffickers, and the gun industry” for eight years.
Check out the trailer for The Gun Machine below, and find out where to follow it here.
Lead image via The Trace.