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A provocative history that reveals how guns - not abortion, race, or religion - are at the heart of America's cultural divide. Gunfight promises to be a seminal work in its examination of America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun control and the right to bear arms. Adam Winkler uses the landmark 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, which invalidated a law banning handguns in the nation's capital, as a springboard for a groundbreaking historical narrative.

"Gunfight between Ethnic Factions Roils Kabul" is from the September 01, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Fahim Abed and Mujib Mashal and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Step into the courtroom of the Old West. Dark Dialogue: Gallows and Gunfights puts America’s frontier legends on trial — not the polished Hollywood myths, but the real men and women who blurred the line between lawman and outlaw. Each episode is a case file: we cross-examine sheriffs who bent the law, outlaws who wore badges, and entrepreneurs whose empires were built with bullets as much as ledgers. From Billy the Kid and Doc Scurlock to Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett, and the Murphy–Dolan monopoly, the West’s most infamous names take the witness stand. The format is testimony. The evidence ...