As the year winds to a close, the city continues to come to grips with what occurred, how to grieve those lost and what, if anything, should be done to prevent future gun violence, in what is tragically one of the Lake County News-Sun’s top stories of 2022.
more than 18,000 gun-related deaths including seven from an independence day parade in highland park when a gunman opened fire and changed the life of our next guest s community forever. with me dr. emily lieberman a pediatrician and survivor of theall 4th highland park shooting. she and a group of physicians are in washington, d.c. this week, speaking directly to members of congress who currently do not support the assault weapons ban. it is good to have you back, doctor. who did you meet with this week? and do you sense any progress toward passing an assault weapons ban? thank you so much for having me back. i brought 60 gun safety advocates and safety experts and injury prevention researchers from across the country, representing over 25 states, whose senators do not currently support the assault weapons ban, to sound the alarm at our nation s capital that mass shoots are a public health crisis.
and so in order to treat them, we need to prevent them from experiencing these wounds, and prevention means having the senate sign a ban to ban assault weapons immediately. dr. emily lieberman, thank you so much. we appreciate you coming back on the program. and that s going to do it for us this hour. make sure to join us for chris jansing reports, every weekday, 1:00 eastern time, right here on msnbc. stay tuned, katy tur reports is up next. remember this? but i spoke to our advisor, and our vanguard investments are on track. “we got this, babe.” so go do what you love. thanks for being our superhero. only at vanguard, you re more than just an investor you re an owner. giving you flexibility to follow your dreams. that s the value of ownership. giving you flexibility to follow your dreams. when our daughter and her kids moved in with us. our bargain detergent couldn t keep up. turns out it s mostly water.