David Oyelowo on '5 Nights in Maine.' Fact-Checking the Gun Lobby.

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 29, 2016

Dennis Henigan, director of legal and policy analysis at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and formerly vice president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, dispels myths in his book, "Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People": And Other Myths About Gun Control. Director Maris Curran discusses her film, “5 Nights in Maine” starring David Oyelowo. How the survival of red knot sandpipers and horseshoe crabs affects our world. Arctic musher  Blair Braverman discusses her memoir Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube.

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