Gun ownership in America splits along lines this Al Jazeera Inside Story Americas episode traces state by state. In West Virginia, shooting is a tradition passed through generations, and residents describe rifles and handguns as markers of heritage and self-reliance rather than threats. The film then turns to the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut shooting, where a gunman killed 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary, an attack that pushed gun control back onto the national political agenda after years of stalled debate. From there the camera moves to Baltimore, one of the country's most violent cities, where police describe shifting strategy from a war on drugs to a war on guns, and activists and officers on patrol talk about what that shift looks like on the ground. Interviews with hobbyists, grieving communities, and law enforcement sit side by side without much narration steering the viewer toward one conclusion, leaving the question of whether ordinary Americans are as divided on guns as their elected officials.