Assault weapons ban
Subject in Politics
Assault weapons ban has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Next Question with Katie Couric. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Malcolm GladwellAuthor of Outliers, whose theory about Chinese numerals Jiang disputes
Gladwell says handguns, not assault rifles, account for most mass-shooting fatalities.
“Most fatalities from mass shootings, first of all, are from handguns, not from assault rifles”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 49:53
Gladwell argues that assault weapons bans only restrict cosmetic, modular add-ons rather than banning the weapons.
“Assault rifle bands simply limit the number of those cosmetic add-ons that you're allowed to buy and use. That's all they do”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 49:16
Katie CouricAmerican journalist who made a documentary on Confederate monuments
Couric counters that in the Gabby Giffords shooting the attacker was tackled while reloading, which reduced the carnage.
“The perpetrator of the crime had an assault weapon, multiple magazines, was ready to reload, got tackled, and as a result, there was less carnage”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 49:36
Podcasts
- Next Question with Katie Couric · 1 episode
Episodes
Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun CrisisNext Question with Katie Couric · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Katie Couric talks with Malcolm Gladwell about his book The American Way of Killing, covering under-policing, prisons, the Second Amendment, assault weapons bans and gun suicide.
Related topics
- The American Way of Killing
- Gun violence in the United States
- Police staffing in the United States
- Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Incarceration in the United States
- Murder of George Floyd
- Baltimore violence reduction strategy
- Firearm suicide
- Community policing
- Stop-and-frisk in New York City