Protection or Restriction?

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Guest host Jeffrey Toobin examines the battle over New York City gun litigation, and why Mayor Bloomberg and the NRA are butting heads over the best way to keep illegal guns off the streets. Next, Jeffrey Goldberg analyzes the current political situation in Israel. And to start it all off, word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls on the oddities of the English language.

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