How to Move the Conversation Forward on Gun Violence and Save Lives

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🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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After two mass shootings in less than a week left 18 people dead in Colorado and Georgia, and amid a dramatic rise in community and domestic gun violence, Americans are again debating how to prevent future attacks. While history suggests that federal legislation has little chance of moving forward, some new laws are being adopted at the state level along with community-based approaches to prevent shootings. KQED's Scott Shafer talks about realistic solutions to reduce gun violence and the politics of this complex issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.9	From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Scott Schaefer, in today from Mina Kim. After the mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado, the issue of gun violence is back on the
1:21.3	agenda. Passing federal gun control legislation is always tough, but given the partisan divide
1:27.0	in Washington, the odds are
1:28.6	especially long right now. But there's a growing sense that Democrats and others concerned with
1:34.1	gun violence are going about it all wrong, but focusing on mass shootings when most gun deaths
1:39.6	happen in the home or in neighborhoods is a bad strategy. This hour will discuss the reasons behind gun-related deaths
1:46.3	and the most effective ways to prevent or reduce gun-related deaths, suicides, and violence.
1:51.9	That's next on Forum right after the news.
1:58.8	Welcome to Forum. I'm Scott Schaefer, and today from Mina Kim Kim and this hour we're delving into one of the most contentious issues in the U.S. gun violence and what to do about it.
2:09.4	The most common solutions we hear from Washington involve things like background checks on gun purchases and bans on high capacity assault weapons like AK-47s,
2:19.8	you know, traditional gun control measures.
2:21.7	But our guest this hour think that focusing on preventing mass shootings can overlook the fact
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