About 33,000 people are killed by a gun every year in the U.S. – whether by murder, suicide or accident. This hour, we’ll explore the numbers behind these deaths – and talk about how they can be reduced – with Ben Casselman, a senior editor and the chief economics writer for the website FiveThirtyEight.
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