Cache and carry: American states’ gun-law push

<p>Today another state will enact a “permitless carry” law—no licence, checks or training required. We ask why states’ <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/05/01/many-states-are-pushing-through-more-permissive-gun-laws?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">loosening</a> of safeguards fails to reflect public sentiment. Brexit has supercharged <a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/04/15/brexit-has-reinvigorated-scottish-nationalism?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scottish nationalism</a>, and this week’s elections may pave the way to another independence referendum. And a long-forgotten coffee species <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/04/22/how-to-save-coffee-from-global-warming?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">may weather</a> the climate-change era.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>