What President-elect Obama needs to know about gun policy
Taking on an issue like gun regulation in the U.S. can mean political suicide for even the savviest of politicians. Nate Persily, law professor and political scientist at Columbia, joins the Takeaway to talk about what President-elect Barack Obama needs to know about gun policy during his first term in office.
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