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Coffeehouse Showdown: Gun Owners Test the Limits of the Law

When Barack Obama was elected President, the National Rifle Association predicted a massive effort at gun control, and gun sales shot up last year by 39%.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

When Barack Obama was elected President, the National Rifle Association predicted a massive effort at gun control, and gun sales shot up last year by 39%. But he US Supreme Court has thrown out the handgun ban in Washington, DC, and when Chicago's ban on handguns was challenged last week in the US Supreme Court, the Obama Administration was silent. The Gallup Poll says that support for gun control in the US has dropped in the past 20 years from 78% to 44%. We hear about the history and possible future of gun control.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Christian Bordal

    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Robert Weisberg

    Stanford University

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    John Pierce

    Co-founder, OpenCarry.org

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    Paul Helmke

    President, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

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