Heath Druzin
Heath Druzin is Boise State Public Radio’s Guns & America reporter, part of a national collaboration between 10 public radio stations examining all aspects of firearms in America.
He previously covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and veterans issues for Stars and Stripes newspaper. This is his second stint Idaho – he covered crime, wildfires and government for The Idaho Statesman from 2005-2008.
Most recently, Heath was living in Mongolia, where he improved his horsemanship, though not his throat singing.
Heath grew up in Northern California and when he’s not reporting, you can find him hiking, snowboarding and brewing beer.
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“I think that Wayne LaPierre has driven the organization’s finances right into the ground. That all has created something of a perfect storm and put them in a very bad situation.”
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State governments are ordering residents to shelter in place. That’s creating a rift in anti-government circles. But many activists do agree on one thing: don’t touch our guns.
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While mass shootings prompt gun control bills in many states, conservative states are considering bills loosening gun restrictions. One influential Idaho group makes the NRA look liberal.
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While mass shootings prompt gun control bills in many states, conservative states are considering bills loosening gun restrictions. We meet an influential Idaho group that makes the NRA look liberal.
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As a number of states pass increased gun restrictions, the firearms industry is reacting by moving operations to more gun-friendly places.
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In 2017, 39,773 people died by firearm, the highest number of firearm deaths recorded since the CDC started tracking them in 1979. In 2018, an almost identical 39,741 people died by firearm.
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“This is to the firearms and ammunition world what the Detroit auto show is to the car world,” said Mark Oliva, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
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Every time someone buys a gun from a federally licensed firearms dealer their name is run through the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). And according to the FBI’s data, 2019 could be a record year for the number of those checks.
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Jenny Lingle, a part-time nurse and Moms Demand Action volunteer, is a fourth generation Idahoan who grew up around guns. But since having kids her perspective has shifted.
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American producers pumped out nearly 7,660,772 firearms and roughly 8.1 billion rounds rounds of ammunition in 2018, according to data compiled by NSSF from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.