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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To fund the future of conservation, stakeholders are committing to a new type of sportsman: the adult onset hunter. These latecomers in their 20s, 30s and 40s are taking advantage of specially designed courses to discover hunting.
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“Since the early 90s, the rate of suicide in the United States has just jumped incredibly, so right now you’re more likely in Idaho to know someone who’s died of suicide than who’s died in a traffic accident.”
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In late 2018, researchers in Yellowstone National Park made a grim discovery: The first golden eagle in the park ever fitted with a tracking transmitter was dead. She was killed by a bullet; but she hadn’t been shot.
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"[Trump] literally turned around and dropped a hand grenade into the crowd that he needs the most to win. States like Ohio, and Pennsylvania and Michigan and Wisconsin."
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"We wanted it to be so custom that you can have your name on it, your logo on it, your tattoo that you have on your arm, we can do that, that's what we set out to do, to make it as personal as you want it." - Jim Corbet, founder of Unique ARs
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There’s a lot of talk about guns in political campaigns this year, much of it focused on reforms aimed at preventing mass shootings.