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School Shootings Prompt Call for Gun Control
There've been three deadly school shootings in less than two weeks, but the only call for gun control fell flat on its face. Despite polls showing public support, is gun control politically dead? When it comes to protecting children, what should the top priorities be? Also, the UN urges North Korea not to test nuclear weapons, and two A merican astronomers win the Nobel Prize for their work confirming the birth of the universe. Diana Nyad guest hosts.
By Diana Nyad • • 1h 0m ListenThere've been three deadly school shootings in less than two weeks, but the only call for gun control fell flat on its face. Despite polls showing public support, is gun control politically dead? When it comes to protecting children, what should the top priorities be? Also, the UN urges North Korea not to test nuclear weapons, and two American astronomers win the Nobel Prize for their work confirming the birth of the universe. Diana Nyad guest hosts.
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From September 27 through October 2, from Bailey, Colorado and Cazenovia, Wisconsin to an Amish schoolhouse in rural Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, separate school shooting incidents left several students and one principal dead.
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The United Nations Security Council issued a unanimous statement today, urging North Korea not to go forward with its nuclear test this weekend.
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