It's Monday, April 19th. I'm Achila Hughes.

And I'm getting arrested and this is what the day where if Matthew McConaughey becomes

governor of Texas, we will officially take his job as famous actor.

Yes, and if it helps the cause, we'll edit ourselves into true detective.

Time is indeed a wad circle. On today's show, while half of adults in America have at

least one vaccine dose coursing through them, we'll talk about yet another grim pandemic

milestone than some headlines.

But first the latest, and we're going to start with a uniquely American epidemic that

are elected officials continually refuse to touch gun violence.

There have been at least 45 mass shootings in the past month alone.

And with several more over the weekend, it is worth asking what is going on.

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, we've been trying to ask that question for decades now, but unfortunately

no one seems to have an answer for it and no one has had to answer for it.

But President Biden called it a national epidemic and signed several executive actions like

red flag laws that allow concerned individuals to petition the court to take guns from certain

individuals.

But Congress, the very individuals who very nearly became victims of gun violence in

January still won't do anything.

And the result is devastating.

Last Thursday night, a gunman killed eight people before killing himself at a FedEx warehouse

in Indiana.

At least seven others were wounded in the attack, two, four of the victims in the shooting

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