Hey listeners, this is Grace Tatter, a producer at WBWAR podcasts.

We have a new project I want to introduce you to that's different than what you'd normally

hear in this feed. It's the trailer of a new series from WBWAR and the Trace. It's called

The Gun Machine, an eight-part series about the history of the gun industry in America

and the industry's biggest supporter, the government. I've been working on it for a few months now

in partnership with our host, Alon Stevens. This podcast is raw, it's surprising, and it will

make you see all sides of the gun debate differently. Be sure to search and follow the show after

listening if you want to hear more. WBWAR podcasts. Boston.

Maybe you've heard that there's a civil war coming. Tyrants disarm the people they intend to

oppress. That with 111 gun deaths a day in America, the powers that be are going to have to do

something. They don't like the Second Amendment. They want to get rid of the Second Amendment.

You've heard that the government has always hated an armed populace, that it's always been that

way from bunker hill to branched avidians. All they want to do is take guns away from

law-abiding citizens. They're coming for your firearms.

Democrats say they're held hostage by an all-powerful industry. Republicans say they're holding an

assault on liberty at bay. In real America, when we say come and take it, we damn well mean it.

But am I eight years of gun reporting? These dudes is tripping.

Guns are flying off the show. It goes to the gun mill in Dorchester.

My name is Alon Stevens and I'm an investigative reporter. I've covered federal agents,

arms traffickers, and the gun industry. And what if I told you that when it comes to the US government,

we're the biggest gun dealers on the block? It was true in the 1790s during George Washington's

presidency and it's true today. The Uncle Sam subsidizes the gun lobby. It was really ugly and

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