Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust
5.0/5
Critic Rating
The April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School hurtled the United States into an era of mass shootings. Now, a quarter century later, the horrors of that day have become an almost regular facet of American life, and gun violence a record-smashing epidemic. Clad in both camouflage and Kevlar, 21st-century America is a bastion of freedom where workplaces require active shooter protocols, schools run lockdown drills, and the Second Amendment has become a religion unto itself.Guns are a uniquely American problem, but the U.S. wasn’t always like this. LONG SHADOW: IN GUNS WE TRUST explores the story of th...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Hannah Verdier • The Guardian • Apr 25, 2024
"Garrett Graff opens a rational discussion about the right to bear arms in the US....hearing Columbine witnesses cry at the memory of that day sharpens the debate."
Score: 5
Keelin • Mentally? A Magpie. • Apr 24, 2024
"This podcast is a stunning example of why long form, thorough journalism is important, and why despite my hesitancies, I am telling you about it now. In Guns We Trust gives a clear, and once again, near neutral accounting of how we went from one understanding to the next."
