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that action can overcome partisan division. serbia is taking swift action on gun violence not a progressive country, by the way. just two mass shootings in may that left seven dead and 21 injured, serbia took action. it has the third largest rate of gun ownership in the world, and it pushed through new laws with near unanimous support despite deep political divides. joining us now with more nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, how were they able to get this done? reporter: well, the secret is it wasn t even that difficult. there were these two mass shootings last month. they were extremely rare. people were outraged. they took to the streets. but they weren t just dismissed as tragedies, dismissed as part of a problem that is too difficult to confront. the people got together. the government got together. lawmakers from a variety of political parties put their differences aside, and they radically changed the entire country s relationsh ....
legislation following a pair of deadly mass shootings, proving that action can overcome partisan division. serbia is taking swift action on gun violence not a progressive country, by the way. just two mass shootings in may that left seven dead and 21 injured, serbia took action. it has the third largest rate of gun ownership in the world, and it pushed through new laws with near unanimous support despite deep political divides. joining us now with more nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, how were they able to get this done? reporter: well, the secret is it wasn t even that difficult. there were these two mass shootings last month. they were extremely rare. people were outraged. they took to the streets. but they weren t just dismissed as tragedies, dismissed as part of a problem that is too difficult to confront. the people got together. the government got together. lawmakers from a variety of political parties put their differences as ....
And there s a couple of moments, dramatic scenes near the end where it looks like it could have happened on that island. this story influenced so many people. it influenced charles darwin who carried a copy with him. it influenced two of the great novels of the sea. herman melville and patrick o brien. the british empire like to think of itself certainly at the time as this kind of bastion of civilization. how did it then tell the story of the fact that once some of its stalwarts and sailors landed on this island, within a nanosecond, it turns into anarchy. it really undercut the central claim of the british empire that its civilization was ....
Flies but this story influenced so many people. it influenced ruso and voltaire. it influenced charles darwin who carried a copy of one of these narratives on the beagle with him. and two of the great novels of the see, herman melville and patrick o brien. the british empire like to think of itself certainly at the time as this kind of bastion of civilization. how did it then tell the story of the fact that once some of its stalwarts and sailors landed on this island, within a nanosecond, it turns into anarchy. it really undercut the central claim of the british empire that its civilization was superior to others. of course, when they get to the island, the officers and crew behave less like gentleman and more like brutes. when they come back to england and are hearing these warring stories, the british empire is ....