A school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, gun control and American politics
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Following the mass shooting of 19 elementary school children in Uvalde, Texas yesterday, we ask what will it take for us to find the political will to prevent these kind of events from being a uniquely American experience. Lee Drutman, Daniel Webster and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.
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| 0:28.4 | And this is on point. |
| 0:30.5 | This hour yet another mass shooting in this nation. |
| 0:33.7 | At least 19 children and two teachers murdered by an 18-year-old gumman in a single elementary |
| 0:40.1 | school classroom in a rural Texas town called Uvalde. |
| 0:44.4 | I'm sick and tired of it the president said last night echoing the exasperation of so |
| 0:50.1 | many. |
| 0:51.2 | The president also spoke last night of how no other country in the world experiences these |
| 0:56.4 | kinds of mass shootings with such frequency. |
| 1:00.1 | So this hour we're asking what will it take to find the political will to prevent these |
| 1:05.8 | kinds of events from being a uniquely American experience. |
| 1:10.4 | Joining me is Lee Drupman, senior fellow in the political reform program at the Think Tank |
| 1:15.7 | New America. |
| 1:17.1 | Welcome to on point Lee. |
| 1:19.7 | Well it is challenging day to process what's happened, Kimberly. |
| 1:25.1 | But I'm excited to have this conversation with you. |
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