Mass shooting after mass shooting Americans cry out for gun control but more often than not, nothing is done. Why? Many Americans including President Joe Biden blame the gun lobby. We hear how America’s most influential lobbying organization changed tactics in the 1970’s and secret recordings that throw back the curtain on how they get business done.

In this episode: 

• Ryan Busse (@ryandbusse), author of Gunfight, senior advisor to Giffords @giffordscourage
• Peter Charley, manager of investigative journalism at Al Jazeera

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters, with Ruby Zaman, Negin Owliaei, Ney Alvarez, Alexandra Locke, and Malika Bilal. Alex Roldan is the sound designer. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are The Take’s engagement producers.

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