We examine why the gun control debate is so polarized, and travel to West Virginia – where gun shooting is a sport that has been passed down through generations – to find out what fuels this country’s love of guns.
Are Americans as divided as their politicians? The Newtown shooting that killed 20 schoolchildren and six teachers has put gun control back on the national agenda.
For the first time in years, US politicians are discussing serious arms control measures. But millions of people in the country’s inner cities live under the threat of gun violence every day.
In Baltimore, one of America’s most dangerous cities, police have turned their “war on drugs” into a “war on guns.” We travel to Baltimore to meet with those who are trying to stop gun crime, and those who say owning a gun is sometimes a matter of survival.
