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
Intervals and then there will be 15 minutes for all of you to ask any questions that you may have of them. The first panelist is dr. Thomas g. Burton, he is a Professor Emeritus of english at east Tennessee State university. He has produced three documentaries on sir spent handling and is the author of serpent handling believers, the serpent and the spirit, and Beach Mountain man, the memoirs of rhonda helix, his most recent book, voices worth the listening, three women of appalachia, is out now from Mercury University press. Please join me in welcoming tornado thomas burt dr. Thomas burton. The next person i would like to introduce is sarah smarsh. She is a kansasbased journalist who has reported for the New York Times, the guardian and other approximations. Per book pout working hard and being broke in the richest country on earth, very relatable title, let me tell you, what finalist for the National Book award, 2018 Research Fellow at Harvard Universitys center on media politics and
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Steve from Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests sting, Gugu Mbatharaw, musical guest, gashi featuring string, and the legendary roots crew and now, heres your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause jimmy yes, its friday yes, hello hi and thank you very much it is friday it is friyay. [ cheers ] lets do it. Come on now. Welcome to the tonight show everybody. Lets get to the news and jokes. Well guys, new polling shows president trumps support among Senior Citizens has slipped in key battleground states and you could tell trumps worried cause look at what he Just Announced to help win back older voters under my plan, 33 Million Medicare beneficiaries will soon receive a card in the mail containing 200 that they can use to help pay for prescription drugs nobodys seen this before. These cards are incredible the cards will be mailed out in coming weeks i will always take care of our wonderful Senio
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