Gregg Lee Carter

Bryant University

Guest

Professor and Chair of the History and Social Sciences Department at Bryant University in Rhode Island; editor of Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia

Gregg Lee Carter on KCRW

George Zimmerman is hardly the only American who owns a gun, and gun sales increase with every high profile shooting.

Gun Ownership, Stand-Your-Ground Laws and Gun Control

George Zimmerman is hardly the only American who owns a gun, and gun sales increase with every high profile shooting.

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At a vigil last night in Newtown, Connecticut,  President Obama  put last Friday's massacre of first-graders in the context of a year when multiple killings have become all too…

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As the funerals of 20 murdered first-graders are under way, calls are increasing for President Obama's "leadership" on gun control.

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As the funerals of 20 murdered first-graders are under way, calls are increasing for President Obama's "leadership" on gun control.

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