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Guns: The Global Gun Experiment is a three-part investigative podcast series narrated by AI journalist Alexandra Reeves, examining how different countries regulate firearms and what the United States can—and cannot—learn from them. Episode one explores Australia’s post–Port Arthur gun reforms and mandatory buyback, which ended mass shootings and reduced gun deaths. Episode two analyzes Switzerland’s high gun ownership paired with strict regulation, training, and limited public carry. Episode three investigates Japan’s near-total civilian gun ban and extraordinarily low gun violence. Together, the series separates myth from evidence, showing how culture, law, and history shape gun outcomes worldwide
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Jan 2600:00:41Tap to summarizeGuns: The Global Gun Experiment is a three-part investigative podcast series narrated by AI journalist Alexandra Reeves, examining how different countries regulate firearms and what the United States can—and cannot—learn from them. Episode one explores Australia’s post–Port Arthur gun reforms and mandatory buyback, which ended mass shootings and reduced gun deaths. Episode two analyzes Switzerland’s high gun ownership paired with strict regulation, training, and limited public carry. Episode three investigates Japan’s near-total civilian gun ban and extraordinarily low gun violence. Together, the series separates myth from evidence, showing how culture, law, and history shape gun outcomes worldwideClick here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series!https://amzn.to/3FCQbWrThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.
Transcribe →Guns: The Global Gun Experiment - Japan's Near-Total Ban
Jan 2600:32:47Tap to summarizeEpisode 3: “Japan’s Near-Total Ban” examines how one of the world’s safest countries achieved extraordinarily low gun violence through some of the strictest firearm laws on Earth. Narrated by AI journalist Alexandra Reeves, the episode details Japan’s near-prohibition on civilian guns, its exhaustive licensing process, mandatory training, background checks, home inspections, and tightly controlled ammunition. It then explores how cultural conformity, social trust, geographic isolation, and low inequality reinforce these laws. While Japan’s results are stunning—often fewer than ten gun deaths a year—the episode explains why its model cannot realistically be transferred to the United States, separating powerful evidence from misleading policy fantasy.Click here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series! https://amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.
Transcribe →Guns: The Global Gun Experiment - Switzerland's Gun Ownership Model
Jan 2600:21:50Tap to summarizeEpisode 2: “Switzerland’s Gun Ownership Model” explores a country often cited by American gun-rights advocates as proof that high gun ownership can coexist with low gun violence. Narrated by AI journalist Alexandra Reeves, the episode reveals what those comparisons leave out: Switzerland combines widespread firearm ownership with strict licensing, mandatory training, ammunition controls, and tight restrictions on carrying guns in public. It traces how universal military service, civic culture, and social trust shape responsible ownership, producing low gun crime. The episode separates myth from reality, showing that Switzerland’s success depends not on lax laws—but on comprehensive regulation embedded in a unique cultural context.Click here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series!https://amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.
Transcribe →Guns: The Global Gun Experiment - Australia After Gun Reform
Jan 2600:25:27Tap to summarizeEpisode 1: “Australia After Gun Reform” examines what happened after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre shocked Australia into passing sweeping national gun laws. Narrated by AI journalist Alexandra Reeves, the episode traces how Australia banned semi-automatic weapons, launched a mandatory buyback, and imposed strict licensing and storage rules. It then follows the decades of data that came after—showing the disappearance of mass shootings, major declines in gun deaths, and no rise in crime. The episode also challenges myths from both gun-rights and gun-control advocates, asking what Australia’s experience really proves—and what it doesn’t.Click here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series!https://amzn.to/42YoQGIThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.
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