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
Withdrawal agreement. Also on the programme the Us Federal Reserve cuts Interest Rates for the second time in a decade. Climate campaigner, Greta Thunburg, comes to washington with a message for lawmakers the time to act is now. I dont want you to listen to me, i want you to listen to the scientists. And i want you to unite behind the science. And then i want you to take real action. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in washington, and Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump has promised a coordinated response to the weekend attack on two saudi oilfacilities. The us secretary of state, mike pompeo, arrived in riyadhjust a couple of hours ago, to present the saudis with intelligence the white house says will prove the missiles were launched from southern iran. The saudis have evidence of their own. This afternoon, they have been displaying the wreckage of iranian drones and cruise missiles which were recovered from the site. President trump has announced on twitter that he has in
Am president of the Research Center and academic most of my life. Chief economist at a variety of different universities take chicago, stanford and yale. But i will talk about the misinterpretations of guns and crime. Im very empirical normally i can show you lots of graphs but i am stymied on this technical history but there are a lot of issues we can talk about. O off the top of my head, a couple of the claims we frequently hear about is background checks stop about three. Five dangerous people. Everybody wants to stop criminals or people who might be dangerous to get a hold of g a gun. The problem is theem claims made simply are not correct. Rather than saying three three. 5 million, what they say is therely has been three. 5 million initial denials and almost all of those are mistakes. It is one thing to stop somebody who is a felon from its another to stop them because they have a name similar to a felon so for example the last full annual report put out on the background checks i
And we are so excited to have you with us tonight to discuss tim max new book misfire in inside the downfall of the nra. You can find this book and more at east city Bookshop Online at our website on various social media, and we are currently open to customers tuesday through sunday. Before we get started a quick detail if you have any comments or technical issues that you need help with please let drop those in the chat and we will help you help you with those as we can and if you have any questions for tim, please throw those into the q a feature because there will be time for audience questions after the discussion if you havent purchased your book yet. You can do that that by following a link to our website which will be available in the chat. We appreciate independent upon support for authors and indie bookstores, and you can show that support by purchasing your copy through the city bookshop and we still do have signed copies available. And so before i turn it over i just want to
And we are so excited to have you with us tonight to discuss tim max new book misfire in inside the downfall of the nra. You can find this book and more at east city Bookshop Online at our website on various social media, and we are currently open to customers tuesday through sunday. Before we get started a quick detail if you have any comments or technical issues that you need help with please let drop those in the chat and we will help you help you with those as we can and if you have any questions for tim, please throw those into the q a feature because there will be time for audience questions after the discussion if you havent purchased your book yet. You can do that that by following a link to our website which will be available in the chat. We appreciate independent upon support for authors and indie bookstores, and you can show that support by purchasing your copy through the city bookshop and we still do have signed copies available. And so before i turn it over i just want to