LISTEN: "Gun Crazy" - CBC Radio - IDEAS - 54 mins.

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LISTEN: "Gun Crazy" - CBC Radio - IDEAS - 54 mins.

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Gun Crazy

Even the President cries about it: that's how entrenched mass shootings in the U.S. have become. Yet gun culture remains stronger than ever, both in America and in Canada. A.J. Somerset is a Canadian journalist and gun enthusiast, and a critic of what he calls "nutty" gun culture. His book is called Arms: The Culture and Credo of the Gun. He joins host Paul Kennedy in conversation, together with Mohawk thinker Dr. Taiaiake Alfred, who directs the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria; and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, activist and author, Christopher Hedges.