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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How do other countries prevent mass shootings?

    There are some gun control ideas floating around Washington in the wake of last week’s mass school shooting in Florida. Ideas such as banning bump stocks, requiring a minimum age requirement, having stricter background checks.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 21, 2018 • 1 min read

    There are some gun control ideas floating around Washington in the wake of last week’s mass school shooting in Florida. Ideas such as banning bump stocks, requiring a minimum age requirement, having stricter background checks. But other countries have gone further. We look at what’s worked in Australia and Japan.

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