The shootings at Sandy Hook just four months ago were followed by the bitter gun control debate that came to a head this week.
New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch has been thinking about America’s experience with violence and guns.
He talks with anchor Aaron Schachter about how American attitudes toward guns are viewed elsewhere in the world.
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