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Are Stricter Gun Control Laws Necessary to Reduce Violent Crime and Murder in the U.S.?

Rensselaer Middle / High School
Rensselaer City School District
Rensselaer, New York

Members of the senior class from Rensselaer High School in Albany County discuss the advantages and disadvantages of increased gun control with criminologist Alan Lizotte of UAlbany’s School of Criminal Justice; attorney Jeff Chamberlain, former counsel and chief legal officer for the NYS Police; and Thomas King, President of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, the official NY affiliate of the NRA of America.

Moderated by WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

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