In the 18 years since Zed Nelson’s seminal photography book Gun Nation was published, 500,000 Americans have been killed by firearms in the US. Half a million people dead and many more injured, Nelson returns to the people he met, re-photographs them, and asks why America is a nation still with an insatiable appetite for firearms.
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A revealing and unsettling journey to the heart of America’s deadly love affair with the gun, Gun Nation explores the paradox of why America’s most potent symbol of freedom is also one of its greatest killers.
Director: Zed Nelson
Producer: Zed Nelson
Editor: Noah Payne Frank
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It's amazing how difficult is to remove something when it's been always in our culture.
Bullfighting is right for many Spaniards. Other people think the opposite cause it's a torture for the animals, they suffer until their death.
Guns culture is the same
that mullet is dangerous
at this point the only thing you can do to be safe is move somewhere saner than the us
Muricaaaa
Don't ban guns just ban ammunition
RIP America
It is much more than half a million since 1792
That was chilling and spooky to watch…. Let’s natural selection take its course.
Wow!
No gun is an assault weapon. Unless it is use to assault. A golf club used to assault someone is an assault golf club. Assault is a verb no a description….
Using pro-gun lobby reasoning I should be able to own a nuclear weapon. Everyone should own one.
This is a joke they literally took the most Farthest people on mankind
Scary SMILING gun wielding church people.
Aburrido?
That is sick..
I think your book showed that 23 years ago the fight against guns was already a lost cause in America
I think they need people to take a insanity or psychological test before owning a gun.
la vergogna Americana!!
No need for policing in the U.S. Obviously most of these people consider themselves as lawmakers anyway. Do they realise how ridiculous and insane they look abiding by laws passed almost 250 years ago? Why not try and address your cultural inadequacies first which lie at the very heart of the problem? Ask the parents of multiple school shootings how “romantic” guns are. You’ll get exactly what you deserve I hope
Sell cars to people and there will be destruction, same thing with guns, its a nessesery evil and someone are going to be hurt
I’m so sick of the argument coming from pro gun people that people who are critical of gun culture are wanting to take away your gun rights.
That’s not what I want. All I want is this push for more guns to go away, and quit making guns part of American patriotism.
A gun should be no more special than a screwdriver. Because at the end of the day, that’s what it is- just a tool. No more, no less.
How many disarmed people died in Europe in the 20th century because of government tyranny? The insurance policy for freedom that the second amendment gives is a price worth paying.
How many people have looked at a human after a shot in the head by a high powered weapon?
Well your country is not any different from a lawless country if you need a gun to protect yourself and your family.
paranoid
Your pretty messed up when you feel threatend by a f*cking armadillo
The USA is the craziest country in the world
2:57 now that's scary…
How many Americans have been killed by Abortion ?
America's deadly love affair with texting while driving kills far more people, so let's ban cell phones.
You get more strength and worth from your own arms
I like how you went out and found the fringe examples to interview. It wouldn't help push your narrative if you interviewed, normal responsible gun owners now would it?
What a world! Beam me up Lord!
7:00 wrong. All school shooters have clean records….
American's are more worried about their guns being taken away then kids dying at school shootings.
The rest of the world looks at you with SHAME
Utterly chilling…
Taking away guns would almost certainly result in a civil war because 99% of the gun owners would shoot back at the government for seizing property.
really frightening……especially the man who thought that the killing of children was "natural selection"
This wife has clearly never been in a situation where she might need to use a gun…I'd love to see how she'd react in a real situation
Neighbors with guns = friendly fire chaos, similar to car accidents and road rage; this country needs licensing at the national level
I assumed that first photo was a parody photo mocking American gun culture it being genuine that’s terrifying.
Why is the guy on the picture of this video pointing his firearm at the woman next to him he makes the gun community look bad smh always point a firearm in a safe direction even if your finger is off the trigger and treat every firearm as if it’s loaded
Now I seem to understand what's going on in America.
Vraiment épeurant. Je n’irai plus aux États avec le même état d’esprit qu’avant d’avoir vu ça…
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