Right to Bear Arms?
This former US homeland security adviser says we need new methods of addressing gun violence.
Former homeland security adviser Fran Townsend says we need new methods of addressing gun violence.
Also: we learn how the gun lobby brought gun violence research to a halt in one US agency; a constitutional scholar puts America鈥檚 right to bear arms in a global context; Russian bots seize on the Parkland shooting to amplify divisions; gun rights supporters say Israel could serve as a model for the US but some Israelis disagree; and what does a year of mass shootings sound like ... in piano notes? Listen here.
(Image: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez speaks at a rally for gun control at the Broward County Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 17, 2018. Credit: Rhona Wise/Getty Images)
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G.W Bush adviser calls for assault weapons rethink
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- Sat 24 Feb 2018 00:32GMT91热爆 World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.
