Malcolm Gladwell on What We Get Wrong About Guns

About this episode

In his new book, The American Way of Killing, Malcolm Gladwell asks: Why does the United States have so many more gun homicides than its peers? It's a simple question. The answers are anything but. “Americans,” he writes, “don’t see their problem clearly. They think they have a problem with crime. They don’t. They have a problem with violence. They think they are overpoliced. They aren’t. They are underpoliced. … They think their Constitution enshrines a basic right to own guns. It doesn’t. The founding fathers were just trying to cut a deal with slave owners.” Today: Malcolm on what it would take to see the problem clearly — and to fix it. __________ 📖 Get yourself a copy of The American Way of Killing in hardcover or audiobook. 💿 This is Malcolm’s eighth appearance on the show! You can check out our past conversations with him here. 📚 Join the Next Big Idea Club today and we'll send you copies of new books by Adam Grant and Danny Meyer, along with invitations to join both authors on a private Zoom call later this month. Learn more at nextbigideaclub.com, and use code PODCAST to save 20% on your membership. 🎥 The Next Big Idea is on YouTube! You can find our episodes he