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Gun Rights: The Issue That Switched From Left Wing To Right Wing

Black Panthers
MOHAI/Seattle P.I. Collection/Tom Barlet

Back in the 1960s, it was urban radicals who fought for the right to bear arms, and it was largely white conservatives who fought for tighter gun control. How times have changed.

The forgotten history of the gun rights debate, today on KUOW.

Other stories heard on KUOW Presents, Tuesday, February 12:

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