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May 2021
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On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we reflect on the tragic toll of this week's mass shooting in San Jose and also consider what reforms might follow. 

Guests: 

  • Raul Peralez, city councilmember, San Jose 
  • Adam Winkler, constitutional law professor, UCLA School of Law | author, "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America" 
  • Dr. Garen Wintemute, director, Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis

Host: Keith Menconi 

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