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783: Kids These Days
Act One

This Is Not a Drill

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After every school shooting a political debate reemerges about guns. Meanwhile, kids keep going to school. We hear what they talk about when the threats are not theoretical. (19 minutes)

By Chana Joffe-Walt

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