From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Piracy on the High Seas and gun control in America.

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

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

After Navy marksmen killed three Somali pirates,

American Sea Captain Richard Phillips is alive and well.

President Obama says the U.S. will work with other nations

to combat pirates in the Indian Ocean.

Can they be defeated in an area too large for effective naval patrol?

What are the risks of a land invasion to eliminate their safe havens?

Also today, recent mass shootings have renewed calls for gun control,

but the issue is dead on arrival at state legislatures on Capitol Hill

and the Obama White House.

As the NRA won the battle, what about American guns used to arm Mexican drug cartels?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To The Poet. Despite a rash of mass killings, calls for increased

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