Log in

goodpods headphones icon

To access all our features

Open the Goodpods app
Close icon
Revisionist History - Guns Part 1: The Sudden Celebrity of Sir John Knight

Guns Part 1: The Sudden Celebrity of Sir John Knight

Revisionist History

08/31/23 • 47 min

plus icon
bookmark
Share icon

In the battles over gun rights, a shadowy English nobleman from the 17th century has unexpectedly taken center stage. Who was he? What did he do that has — 300 years later — endeared him to a generation of legal scholars? Revisionist History explores the cult of personality around the mysterious Sir John Knight.

Sign up for Pushkin+ on the Revisionist History Apple Show page or at Pushkin.fm to binge the entire series now!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

08/31/23 • 47 min

profile image
profile image
profile image

7 Listeners

plus icon
bookmark
Share icon

Revisionist History - Guns Part 1: The Sudden Celebrity of Sir John Knight

Transcript

Speaker 1

Bushkin. Over the next stretch of revisionist history, we have a special treat for you, six episodes, all devoted to one theme, an examination of the many, weird and strange corners of the American obsession with guns. It's about what we don't know, what we get wrong, how we screwed up, and how utterly bizarre things get in a country where guns stand at the center of our culture. Our journey begins in seventeenth century England with a mysterious

Generate a badge

Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode

Select type & size
Open dropdown icon
share badge image

<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/revisionist-history-200/guns-part-1-the-sudden-celebrity-of-sir-john-knight-32903026"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to guns part 1: the sudden celebrity of sir john knight on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>

Copy