Americas Half a Billion Guns: Jonathan Metzl
Jonathan M. Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and the Director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. His most recent book is What We\u2019ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms. We discuss lax gun laws and gun ownership as an identity.
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The public health narrative is about how guns pose a health risk, a threat to mortality to our bodies. Those who vote based on guns see guns as symbols of power or protection. In fact, many people in the South own guns because they\u2019re afraid of government tyranny. Unfortunately, gun laws have become more and more lax in a country that has almost 500 million civilian-owned firearms. Metzl shares that \u201cWe've had a dramatic erosion in the ability of states and towns and the country itself to limit who can own and carry a firearm.\u201d\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0
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Credits:\xa0
Host: Mila Atmos\xa0
Guests: Jonathan Metzl
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis