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.
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08/31/23 • 47 min
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Revisionist History - Guns Part 1: The Sudden Celebrity of Sir John Knight
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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
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