How to put an end to gun violence

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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2022 will go down as the second highest year for mass shootings in the US on record. It’s senseless bloodshed that raises the question every time: are these tragedies preventable? And why can’t we stop this uniquely American problem? Joseph Sakran was 17 when a stray bullet went through his throat and struck him in the left shoulder. He survived and that experience altered the course of his life. He is now a trauma surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, a city that continues to be plagued by shootings. Dr. Sakran joins the show to discuss his own experience and trying to put an end to gun violence. Also on today's show: actor Matthew McConaughey; Alex Heath, deputy dditor of The Verge; director James Cameron. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Ammanport. Here's what's coming up. We come face to face
0:10.3	with the horrific reality of the everyday total gun violence.
0:16.0	At 17, he survived a gunshot wound to the throat and became a trauma surgeon in one of America's most violent cities.
0:23.9	My conversation with Dr Joseph Sackron
0:26.6	about America's gun epidemic and the efforts to stop it.
0:30.7	Then, this should not be a partisan issue. There is not a Democratic or
0:34.9	Republican value in one single act of these shooters. After the Uvaldi school
0:39.5	shooting, Matthew McConaughey also pushed for stricter gun laws.
0:43.0	We look back at Chris John's interview with the Oscar Award-winning actor about his storied career in best-selling memoir, Green Lines.
0:51.0	Plus...
0:52.0	Well, crypto actually is something that everyday people want to use.
0:54.7	That's still an open question in 2023.
0:57.2	From crypto to Elon Musk's Twitter implosion, Alex Heath from The Verge joins Hari Shrinovosin to review a turbulent year in tech and
1:07.0	as Avatar 2 hits the big screen, we dip back into the archive for
1:17.3	Kristian's conversation with blockbuster director James Cameron. Cameron. Welcome to the program. I'm Sarah Sidner in New York sitting in for Chris John
1:39.0	Omenpur. 2022 will go down as the second highest year for mass shootings in the United States on record.
1:47.0	That means more than 600 mass killings
1:55.0	in the past 12 months alone, according to data compiled by the non-governmental organization
1:57.0	Gun Violence Archive.
1:59.0	The shootings come at a disturbing pace, often
2:02.0	too fast to grasp.
2:03.5	People going about their day suddenly gunned down in schools,
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