Newtown: Assault-weapon ban debate

Lutheran Church Charities Comfort Dogs from Chicago are working their magic this week in Newtown, Conn. /AP image


Every time there's a national or global tragedy, there's always some darkly lucky individual with a relevant book that just came out or is about to be published.

Check out Terry Gross' NPR interview of Tom Diaz of the Violence Policy Center in Washington, D.C. His book, The Last Gun, is set for publication in early 2013.