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Guns, prayers, or politics, or both.

Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point.

America's mass shootings are getting deadlier, and Sunday's atrocity in Las Vegas

was the deadliest yet. It involved automatic weapons. But despite the initial shock,

the aftermath is all too familiar. Demand for gun control versus the claim that control

means limiting access. There's real passion on both sides. Is there anything about the attack on a country music

event that might alter politics as usual? Are mass shootings the inevitable price of freedom?

Or can we find ways to limit gun violence without limiting the right to own guns? Later on today's

talking point, gerrymandering and partisanship at the U.S. Supreme Court.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon. I'll hear back with To The Point. The nation is still reeling over Sunday's atrocity in Las Vegas.

Today we'll ask if the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history can break the political deadlock between gun ownership and gun control.

On today's talking point later, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that

could radically change American politics or not.

It appears the court is divided again with Justice Kennedy, the likely decider, on gerrymandering.

First, this news update, President Trump's in Puerto Rico,

surveying the devastation from hurricanes Irma and especially Maria, and the plight of 3.4

million American citizens. He said San Juan's mayor, Carmen Eulen Cruz, has backed away from

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