6.2: Thoughts, Prayers, AND Action: We Need Stricter Gun Laws

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

As a former teacher and a mom, I have a recurring nightmare that I’m sure many of you share: a constant, ever-present fear of my children — and any other children — being exposed to or a victim in a school shooting.

It’s an ever-present fear because it’s an ever-present reality.

And this ever-present reality isn’t only happening with school shootings but with gun violence at churches, in grocery stores — in places someone should never have to fear for their life.

We need more than moments of silence and trite words of condolence — we must speak up for real change. We need to feel more than outrage — we must take action. We need to do more than mourn the loss of life — we must fight to preserve life.

In this episode, we will talk about:

How gun safety saves lives.
Where you can go to stay up-to-date on current gun safety legislation.
What real change we can make in our communities and that we can encourage our lawmakers to adopt.

I hope you’ll join me in doing more than just holding your little ones close when these tragedies happen — hold them close then go out and fight to make the world safer for them.

Articles, Studies & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode

Akilah Hughes Twitter

Clint Smith Twitter

“Guns Became the Leading Cause of Death for American Children & Teens in 2020,” Time

“Gun Safety Policies Save Lives,” Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

“Background Checks on All Gun Sales,” Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

“Extreme Risk Laws,” Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

“Secure Gun Storage,” Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

“Repeal Stand Your Ground Laws,” Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

“Stop Permitless Carry,” Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

“Gun Violence Prevention,” National Education Association

Song Credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 6, Episode 2.
0:05.6	Thoughts, prayers, and action.
0:08.8	We need stricter gun laws.
0:17.5	Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home.
0:25.7	First name basis is designed to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in your family and a change maker in your community.
0:33.8	Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and use the answers to create the world we want,
0:39.8	a world that reflects our values of inclusion, compassion, and courage.
0:45.2	I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited to be on this journey with you.
0:53.5	Hello, First Name name basis fam.
0:55.9	I usually say that I'm so glad that you are here, but I'm coming to you in the wake of a
1:01.7	terrible tragedy and I don't know, it just doesn't feel right to say that.
1:07.9	Before we start, I want to give a trigger warning.
1:10.4	Today we're going to be talking about
1:11.9	gun violence and it's awful um it is 11 p.m. here in arizona and i had a completely different episode
1:24.2	planned for today we were supposed to be talking about part two of racism is
1:28.5	built on a big fat lie and I was going to be breaking down different phrases that we often hear
1:34.6	and how they literally mean the opposite of the truth but I'm sure you heard that there was a school shooting in Texas yesterday and it just feels like
1:48.9	I can't do anything but think about and talk about this.
1:54.7	There's a writer named Akela Hughes and on Twitter she said,
1:58.6	how am I supposed to do anything?
2:03.3	How are any of us expected to just keep doing what was scheduled? And that resonated with me so deeply. I really can't go on with what
2:09.1	was scheduled. So here we are. I really am a verbal processor. I guess it makes sense that I have a
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