I wasn’t going to record a “Light Over Heat” video for this week because I am over my head trying to finish the Gun Curious book I spoke about in last week’s video. But my morning email from The Trace let me know that a new podcast just launched from their reporter Alain Stephens.
I listened to the first episode of “The Gun Machine” (being put out by WBUR in Boston in collaboration with The Trace) on my drive into work this morning and it forced my hand. So this week’s video is a quick take on the first episode.
It’s a little looser than a typical “Light Over Heat” video because I wasn’t prepared to record today — and I am maybe watching too many TikToks as well. I hope it still emphasizes light over heat, but let me know if you like this different style.
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Gun Culture 2.0 
Your reaction is spot on, David, but the podcast tone and content should not really be a surprise to anyone who’s familiar with the anti-gun zealots (oh, excuse me, “gun safety advocates”) at The Trace. Very typical of those who think emotion should trump facts and logic – we’re seeing that recently in many of the amici briefs from the anti gun side filed in second amendment related cases. Those folks seem to think their feelings should matter more than inalienable rights to, e.g., freedom of speech and religion and the right to keep and bear arms.
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David, are you sure that is the actual episode rather than your parody of it?
That was heat rather than light. Trace seems to be generating propaganda for NPR rather than doing investigative journalism, shocking as that may seem.
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Bloomberg propaganda + NPR’s hushed rage & silly background noises, is like ammonia + bleach.
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Interesting analogy.
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