A Family Talk About Gun Violence

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🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Special Report: ⚠️ **Grab your grown-up for this episode as we talk about gun violence and gun safety.🔒 Listen in as we breakdown the definitions that you might be hearing about gun laws. 📜 Correspondent Pamela Kirkland sat down with Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action and Makayla Jordan, youth activist. ✊🏽 Hear what they are doing to engage volunteers and push for change. 🧡 Want to take action? 🧡 Join the Wear Orange weekend on June 3-5th and check out our resources for more ways to talk about gun safety with your families. Check out this links for continuing the conversation: 🧡 Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action WearOrange.org Lindz Amer’s Queer Kid Stuff video on Staying Safe at School More resources for how to talk to your kids about the news on our website 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: [email protected] 🎇 Follow the show on Instagram 🌍 Check out our website for sources and a transcript of our episodes! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Hey, Tenors. In today's special episode, we're talking about gun violence and gun laws.
0:05.2	It's really important that you listen to this one with a grownup. So, grab them and we'll be here when you're ready.
0:12.7	In the past couple of weeks, there have been two mass shootings in the news you may have heard about.
0:17.4	One at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and another at an elementary school
0:22.4	in Yuvaldi, Texas. When things like this happen, you may have questions like, why did the
0:27.7	shooter do this? How did this person have access to a gun? And why aren't we able to prevent it
0:33.8	from happening again? In today's special episode of the 10 News, we're discussing gun violence in America and meeting
0:40.4	two people who are working to reform gun safety laws and spread gun safety education in order
0:46.6	to keep kids and all people safer in the U.S.
0:50.1	I'm Bethany Van Delft.
0:51.3	It's May 26th, and this is the 10 News.
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1:04.0	When discussing guns and gun laws in the U.S., lots of different terms are used.
1:08.9	So, we're going to go over some of the terms you'll hear
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