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The tragic mathematics of gun violence.

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

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Another lone gunman grabbed headlines last week in California, but so-called mass

shootings rarely kill more than a dozen people. That's all too many. But it's a fraction of 32,000

deaths from firearms every year, the daily gun violence that does not receive saturation news coverage. Each rampage focuses attention

on killers with mental illness, but most of the mentally ill are not violent, and most violent

people are not mentally ill. Is there some way to reduce the carnage without violating the gun

rights now recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court? Today's talking point will bio-electronics challenge the drug industry?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren-Aulney, back with To the Point. Congress has not passed a gun regulation bill since 1994, five years before Columbine, despite support for some restrictions, even in red states devoted to Second Amendment protections.

Will last week's gun rampage in California make a difference? Today's talking point, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, even the common cold might be treatable by implanted devices that communicate

with the nervous system. We'll heard about the coming age of bioelectronics. First, this news update,

President Obama said today that his press secretary, Jay Carney, is resigning. He said it at the same

time, he announced acceptance of the resignation of former General Eric Shinsake, a secretary of veterans

affairs. At the White House, the president was asked by a reporter why he changed his mind just days

after asserting full confidence in Shinsaki. Rich judgment, I think his belief that he would be a distraction from the task at hand, which is to make sure that what's broken

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