#1176 The Gun Debate Is Less of a Debate Than We Think (Throwback)

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. Full Show Notes Transcript Leave a Voice Message BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Support and Get No Ads!) Link in Bio - Everything in one place! (Support, contact, socials, books + merch) SHOW NOTES 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 Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Follow BotL: Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | X Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected]