On The Gist, we welcome back past guest and Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer to discuss the likelihood of new gun control legislation. Then, Slate’s Will Saletan joins us to assess the current state of the abortion debate, a decade after writing his book Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War. Why hasn’t this issue moved? For the Spiel, Mike counters all the counterarguments we’ve heard about gun control this week. Plus, a revealing concession.

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