Trayvon Martin, Stand Your Ground and Gun Politics in America

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George Zimmerman used a gun to kill Trayvon Martin and the jury said he acted in self-defense. But, despite permissive new laws on gun use in many states, fewer and fewer American households have guns. With crime going down, does that mean gun control might have a future? Also, Edward Snowden asks Russia for asylum, and in a major victory for Mexico's new President, the vicious enforcer for a drug cartel has been captured. We talk with a reporter who once thought he was a target for the Zetas.

Banner image: George Zimmerman leaves court with his family after Zimmerman's not guilty verdict was read in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Florida, July 13, 2013. Photo: VOA