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Gun Ownership: Why It’s Different For Black People

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About a quarter of all African-Americans own a gun – and that number is on the rise. R.J. Young is one of them, and he joins us to talk about his experience as an NRA-certified pistol instructor and about the differences between white and black gun culture. His new book is called “Let It Bang: A Young Black Man’s Reluctant Odyssey Into Guns” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).