In this episode, Desmond and Shama discuss Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine (2002).
In this episode, we discuss a recent Toronto police shooting of a man who was reportedly carrying a rifle. Initially, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit reported that the SIU recovered a BB gun at the scene. Shortly after our recording, the SIU corrected itself and reported that the item recovered at the scene was a pellet gun. Neither weapon is a firearm. We note the updated info here for accuracy, and the notes below include an updated news story.
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Five myths about the national rifle association
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-the-national-rifle-association/2020/06/05/fa3bc488-a66c-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html
Texas cops’ claims unravel: Police didn’t "engage" Uvalde shooter — but they cuffed scared parents
https://www.salon.com/2022/05/27/texas-cops-claims-unravel-police-didnt-engage-uvalde-shooter--but-they-cuffed-scared-parents/
Guns Don't Kill People, Settlers Do: The Second Amendment and the Myth of Defense
https://www.pyriscence.ca/home/2018/6/18/guns-dont-kill-people-settlers-do-the-second-amendment-and-the-myth-of-defense
Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment
https://birchbarkbooks.com/products/loaded
Man shot dead by Toronto police after schools locked down had pellet gun, police watchdog says
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pellet-gun-man-dead-toronto-schools-lockdowns-1.6467895
Days after the Uvalde shooting, the NRA convention went on as planned
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/29/1101994074/nra-convention-houston-ends
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