The Gun Control Debate From The Early Days Of The Republic

After the Las Vegas massacre, there have been renewed calls for gun control. But the larger debate over gun control has a long history in the U.S., and it includes the Colonial fears of centralized government, as well as continued efforts to keep guns out of the hands of African Americans.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson learns more from historians Brian Balogh (@historyfellow) and Nathan Connolly (@ndbconnolly), co-hosts of the podcast BackStory, which is produced at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.