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    When is it okay to talk about gun control?

    A lot of folks this week are wondering what can be done about the gun violence that plagues this country especially when people have access to weapons that can be enhanced.

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Oct 6, 2017 • 9m Listen

    State and federal investigators in Nevada are still trying to make sense of what happened in Las Vegas on Sunday. Authorities say a man named Steven Paddock opened fire – from his 32nd floor suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel – on a large crowd attending a country music festival. Paddock made use of an arsenal of weapons – and technology that allowed them to fire faster. A lot of folks this week are wondering what can be done about the gun violence that plagues this country especially when people have access to weapons that can be enhanced.

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      Steve Chiotakis

      Afternoon News Anchor

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

      Reporter, Fill-in Host

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      Andrew Blankstein

      NBC Investigations

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      Adam Winkler

      professor of law at UCLA, and author of "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America"

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