The US and Their Guns: An American Story
★ 7 · 2019 · 72m · Documentary
Tracing the story of a student uprising this documentary explores how the NRA manages to keep a permissive gun law alive, and why it has such a strong hold over American society.
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2002 · ★ 7.5
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