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I'm Terry Gross.
We've postponed our interview with former Hollywood stuntman and director of the new film the Fall Guy so that we can address whats on everybodys mind.
Right, the attempted assassination of former president Trump and the other victims of the shooter.
Two were seriously injured, one was killed.
The shooter used an AR 15, an assault weapon that has become the preferred weapon of mass shooters.
My guest Todd Frankl wrote about how the civilian rifle was adapted from the military combat automatic rifle, the M 16, and how with the help of clever marketing and lobbying, the AR 15 has become a huge moneymaker for the gun industry, an icon of gun culture, a favored weapon for perpetrators of mass shootings, and a flashpoint in the debate about guns in America.
Frankl was the lead reporter on the main story of a Washington Post investigation into the history of the AR 15.
The series won a Pulitzer Prize this year for national reporting.
Frankl is an enterprise reporter on the financial desk of the Post.
Were going to hear the interview we recorded this morning.
Then well dive deeper into the guns history and current place in gun culture and listen back to the interview we recorded last year when the AR 15 series was published.
Todd Frankel, welcome back to Fresh Air.
What was your reaction when we heard the shooter used an AR 15?