Stopping The Shootings

Published: April 2, 2023, 9 a.m.

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Donald Trump might be dominating the news again, but Nashville is still grieving after six people were murdered in the latest school shooting. The Tennessee tragedy was one of 130 mass shootings this year alone in America.

For this extra episode, we return to the question we planned to bring you earlier this week: where does gun control go from here? We explore what would and wouldn\\u2019t make a difference.

And celebrity lawyer Ben Chew, who was Johnny Depp\\u2019s lead attorney last year in a defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard, gives us his view of how future Trump court appearances might play out, as well as his verdict on Gwyneth Paltrow\\u2019s $1 ski crash trial.

HOSTS:\\n\\u2022 Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter\\n\\u2022 Katty Kay, US special correspondent\\n\\u2022 Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent\\n\\u2022 Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUEST:\\n\\u2022 Ben Chew, celebrity lawyer

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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles and Natasha Fernandes. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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