250 Years of Guns in America

Few issues highlight our country’s contradictions better than firearms. How can the United States be both so prosperous and suffer so much violence? So free — and so full of fear? New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America” author Adam Winkler sit down with The Trace for a conversation about how guns have shaped American history, and what a safer future could look like.