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Apr 2023
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What Can America Learn from Swiss Gun Cu...

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In light of the recent tragedy at the Covenant School in Nashville, we revisit our examination of  how Switzerland can have so many guns per capita but no mass shootings. Host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with correspondent Michael Kosta, field producer Stacey Angeles, and their producer from Switzerland, Pierre-Adrian Irlé, to discuss how the country’s approach t ... Show More
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