Im here today with the authors Cameron Mcwhirter and Zusha Elinson sin to discuss their new on the air 15 rifle, the seemingly ubiquitous weapon that is at the center of the debate over guns in the united so weapon associate ended with Mass Shootings but much beloved by many law abiding gun owners and gun rights advocates, the ar 15 was once banned in the states, but now is not only legal but is the bestselling rifle in america. Cameron let me start you and im if you can just provide some basic sort of biographical information about this weapon. What does what does a ar 15 stand for . What the term semiautomatic mean . And what are some of the other distinctive aspects of this weapon . Well, thats that is a ar 15 is a term that everyone about. But both sides of the gun debate dont really seem to understand. R stands for armalite and. It was the 15th. Armalite was the Small Company that invented this rifle and it was the 15th. It weapon that they had invented. The 15th device that they
Atlantic outside the l. A. Times and many others. Her article in los magazine, the hugo problem, was a long reads best of 2015, and shes in conversation today with author erika hayasaki, who is also based in southern california. Most recent feature stories appeared in the New York Times magazine, wired the atlantic, others, a former national for the l. A. Times. She teaches storytelling at uc irvine. Shes an associate professor in the Literary Journalism program. Her books, the death class and somewhere have been released in 2014 and 2022, and she was named an npr best book of the year. You thank you. And i gotta i wonderful to be together with my longtime the of your work friends and im so excited for the outdoor world and i was going to ask you to just by reading a little bit okay all our. Yeah okay actually i should put my glasses right now. Get comfy. Yeah. You want to sit through. Yeah. Okay. So. Im going to read the chapter. Its just going savanna and its about the main character
Hi, everyone. Welcome to zabars bookshop. Thank you all for coming out tonight. Were here to celebrate the launch of searching for savanna by mona gable. So welcome, mona so mona is a freelance writer based in los angeles. Her work has appeared in the atlantic outside the l. A. Times and many others. Her article in los magazine, the hugo problem, was a long reads best of 2015, and shes in conversation today with author erika hayasaki, who is also based in southern california. Most recent feature stories appeared in the New York Times magazine, wired the atlantic, others, a former national for the l. A. Times. She teaches storytelling at uc irvine. Shes an associate professor in the Literary Journalism program. Her books, the death class and somewhere have been released in 2014 and 2022, and she was named an npr best book of the year. You thank you. And i gotta i wonderful to be together with my longtime the of your work friends and im so excited for the outdoor world and i was going to
Im here today with the authors Cameron Mcwhirter and Zusha Elinson sin to discuss their new on the air 15 rifle, the seemingly ubiquitous weapon that is at the center of the debate over guns in the united so weapon associate ended with Mass Shootings but much beloved by many law abiding gun owners and gun rights advocates, the ar 15 was once banned in the states, but now is not only legal but is the bestselling rifle in america. Cameron let me start you and im if you can just provide some basic sort of biographical information about this weapon. What does what does a ar 15 stand for . What the term semiautomatic mean . And what are some of the other distinctive aspects of this weapon . Well, thats that is a ar 15 is a term that everyone about. But both sides of the gun debate dont really seem to understand. R stands for armalite and. It was the 15th. Armalite was the Small Company that invented this rifle and it was the 15th. It weapon that they had invented. The 15th device that they
Launch of searching for savanna by mona gable. So welcome, mona so mona is a freelance writer based in los angeles. Her work has appeared in the atlantic outside the l. A. Times and many others. Her article in los magazine, the hugo problem, was a long reads best of 2015, and shes in conversation today with author erika hayasaki, who is also based in southern california. Most recent feature stories appeared in the New York Times magazine, wired the atlantic, others, a former national for the l. A. Times. She teaches storytelling at uc irvine. Shes an associate professor in the Literary Journalism program. Her books, the death class and somewhere have been released in 2014 and 2022, and she was named an npr best book of the year. You thank you. And i gotta i wonderful to be together with my longtime the of your work friends and im so excited for the outdoor world and i was going to ask you to just by reading a little bit okay all our. Yeah okay actually i should put my glasses right now