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There's gun control a dead issue.

Hello again, I'm Norman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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Since the deadly mass shooting in Tucson, three high school students have been shot near Los Angeles and a gunman killed two police officers in Miami.

But there's been little support for new gun controls in Washington or anyplace else.

President Obama and the White House aides have avoided the issue.

In the past, such high-profile incidents have led to restrictions, but times have

changed. Have Democrats lost their nerve? Has the NRA won the battle? We'll hear from pollsters,

reporters, the Brady Center to prevent gun violence, and the world's biggest gun trade show

going on now in Las Vegas. On reporters' notebook later on, is Bradley Manning being abused? First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney. Back with To the Point. Gun violence has made recent headlines most conspicuously in Tucson and in other cities as well,

but there's no new debate about restrictions on deadly weapons. We'll talk about gun rights,

victims' rights, and increased concerns about the intrusive powers of government.

On reporter's notebook, Army PFC Bradley Manning is accused of passing thousands of classified documents

to WikiLeaks which made them public.

As a man who has not been convicted, been abused during six months in military custody.

First this news update. Jeffrey Imel, the CEO of General Electric, will succeed Paul Volker

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