'The Gun Machine' Ep. 3: Why Americans buy guns

Here & Now Anytime

English - October 21, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB - ★★★★ - 703 ratings
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How do you convince a bunch of civilians that they need to keep buying new guns? In Episode 3 of "The Gun Machine," host Alain Stephens talks about the man who wrote that playbook: Samuel Colt. He also helped seed the fantastical version of the American West that is often misremembered as fact today. Find new episodes every Saturday on Here & Now Anytime.