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Vox’s Sean Illing talks to Atlantic writer Tyler Austin Harper about the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, and why liberals are missing the point about American gun culture and the right to bear arms.

Beyond that, Tyler asks an important question: If you really believe we’re sliding toward authoritarianism, how can you argue that the public should disarm?

Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Tyler Austin Harper (@Tyler_A_Harper)

00:00 Intro
06:19 ICE, Minneapolis, and the right to carry
10:44 Choosing to carry a concealed firearm
12:55 ICE in Maine
14: 51 The Second Amendment and government tyranny
19:39 Why is being pro-Second Amendment right-coded?
28:31 How to make a pro-Second Amendment case to the political left

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