If you were wondering why there are more mass shootings in the US than any other country, we'll let you in on a little secret, with only 4.4% of the world's population, we account for 46% of civilian held firearms. That's a lot of guns. And it's hard to talk about an issue with a lot of angry people that have a ton of guns, so you can see how this has become an intractable problem. Will this next generation that has lived under the shadow of school shooter drills and the threat of mass shootings be the one to mark a permanent change in the way we approach gun policy? All this and more, on this episode of Acts of Pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices