New York's Attorney General takes aim at the NRA
Letitia James has announced a lawsuit aimed at dissolving the powerful National Rifle Association
New York's attorney general has announced a lawsuit aimed at dissolving the powerful National Rifle Association over alleged financial mismanagement. Robert Spitzer, Political Science professor at SUNY Cortland and author of The Politics of Gun Control, explains the allegations and how the notorious gun lobby’s political influence has waned. We’ll also have the latest on the continuing impact on Lebanese politics of Tuesday’s blast in Beirut. Also in the programme, the Danish publishing rights company KODA alleges Google are beginning to remove Danish music from the country’s version of YouTube.
All through the show we’ll be joined by Lori Ann LaRocco of CNBC in New York and Andy Xie an independent economist based in Shanghai.
(Picture: New York Attorney General Letitia James. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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