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Boston Calling: US Gun Violence

Paper angels and toys commemorate the children killed in Newtown

22/12/2012

US Gun Violence

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America’s 'out of control' gun culture in the wake Newtown's horrific shooting spree

America’s 'out of control' gun culture in the wake Newtown's horrific shooting spree.

After Newtown: Rethinking a nation’s love for guns. Looking at America’s 'out of control' gun culture in the wake Newtown's horrific shooting spree. 

Also on the programme: gun violence in the US as a public health crisis; how to best treat trauma in kids. And we remember Hawaii's Daniel Inouye, the highest-ranking Asian-American in the US Senate.

(Image: Paper angels and toys commemorate the children killed in Newtown, Credit: Getty Images)

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