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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many teachers across the country are calling on their state pension funds to sell their stakes in gun manufacturers. The teachers say they don't want their retirement money invested in these companies. But many people, including th

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SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: In the days since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., there have been calls for more gun control from high school students around the country. There's a lot of polling that indicates young peo

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The question - the question - that hangs over the investigation here in Vegas is, why? We still don't have a good answer to that, to what motivated Stephen Paddock. But we are slowly gaining insight into another key question.

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