From uclas school of Public Affairs. This runs an hour and a half. Understand theo deep connection that the issue of guns and gun violence has with the work of the school of Public Affairs. Is a the other focuses focus on Mental Health. Guns are the single biggest killer of women. They are the single biggest. Ause of successful suicide it turns out people may try to take their own life more often than we would like, and its a tragedy, but we are not very good at it unless there is a gun present. If there is a gun present, the possibility of fatalities skyrocket. Guns tear at the fabric of american society, but as you will hear in tonights lecture, you can argue they are written into the fabric of american their advocates and manufacturers would tell us. We will talk a bit more about that. Its also important to understand that guns are a racial issue. Puts a simply, puts succinctly, as the Second Amendment is made up for white people. As more than 100 armed men descend on the kentucky s
I want you to understand the deep connection that the issue of guns and gun violence has with the work of the Luskin School of Public Affairs. Among the other focuses is a focus on Mental Health. Guns are the single biggest killer of women. They are the single biggest cause of successful suicide. It turns out people may try to take their own life more often than we would like, and its a tragedy, but we are not very good at it unless there is a gun present. If there is a gun present, the possibility of fatalities skyrocket. Guns tear at the fabric of american society, but as you will hear in tonights lecture, you can argue that they are written into the fabric of american society, or at least so their advocates and manufacturers would tell us. We will talk a bit more about that. Its also important to understand that guns are a racial issue. Put succinctly, as the Second Amendment is for white people. When more than 100 armed men descend on the kentucky state capital, nothing happens. If
Later, the president of college and Young Democrats of iowa on the candidates and issues in campaign 2020. As always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal twitter. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal for august 12. We want to hear from you. Some type ofaccept compromise when it comes to potential new Gun Legislation passing the house and senate and being signed by the president. Some type ofsals have compromise when it comes to flagged we want to hear on what been compromises could you support, if any when it comes to Gun Legislation and why . You can let us know on the following phone lines. 2027488001 for republicans. For democrats, 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. If you are a gun owner, give us a call at 2027488003. You can post on twitter at cspanwj and almost 400 people posting on our Facebook Page on this posting and question. You can add your thoughts to the mix at facebook. Com cspan
About the organization and its effort, David Mitchell is the president and washington journal continues. Host this is Stephen Gutkowski of the Washington Free beacon joining us. Hes a staff writer talking about the various efforts on Gun Legislation being discussed. Good morning to you. Guest good morning to you. Thanks for having me on. Host of the various pieces weve heard since the shootings in both dayton and el paso, what has the most success as of today . Guest as far as legislation at the federal level goes, i think the most likely to pass or come up for a vote even is red flag legislation. Being worked on by Lindsey Graham and richard blumenthal. They announced theyd had a deal although er on texts, they have not released the text yet. So were not sure on the details of that beyond whats been. So basics reported. But essentially that bill would be federal grants for states that adopt red flag laws that meet certain guidelines that will, i guess well see once of the text of the
If you oppose it, 202 7488001. You can weigh in on social media. You can also post a comment on facebook. Post has aington special section, 12 pages, where they get personal. They talk about the lives lost, many pictures of victims of Mass Shootings. Of deadly Mass Shootings in the u. S. Has accelerated. People represented here died between the sandy hook massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed in 2012 and last weeks attack in dayton. They account for one third of those killed in Mass Shootings since 1966. Thatare making the point this is just between sandy hook and this past week. If you look further into this section, they break it down yearbyyear. They begin in 1966 with the university of texas tower shooting. They also put names to the pictures. They list the names of the People Killed since 1966. 54 years, 165 Mass Shootings, 1,196 victims. This is about 12 pages long. Congress iswhat going to be doing, support for gun control is rising, but there is a chance they