Gun Control in the Wake of San Bernardino
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The killers in San Bernardino have been tied to ISIS, although the White House is still waiting for the FBI to call it "domestic terrorism." Meantime, the latest reports have renewed the battle over gun control. Is gun control an answer to homegrown terror?
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. The twice-monthly |
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| 0:32.5 | this is To the Point. Is gun control an answer to homegrown terror? |
| 0:41.6 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:45.5 | The daily look at the issues that Americans care about most. |
| 0:48.2 | Investigators report that the female killer in San Bernardino pledged allegiance to ISIS on Facebook |
| 0:53.7 | on the day the mass shooting occurred. |
| 0:56.3 | It's not clear if the couple was directed by ISIS or only inspired, but it's more evidence |
| 1:01.9 | that homegrown terrorism is a reality in the United States. The FBI and other agencies are |
| 1:07.7 | monitoring hundreds of people in the hope of preventing similar crimes, |
| 1:11.5 | will all this increase the pressure for gun control, or will more Americans arm themselves |
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