Moms Demand Action

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, many Americans felt a call to action to reform our country’s gun laws. One of these people was Shannon Watts, a mother of five who started a Facebook group that turned into Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Two years later, a mom in Texas joined her local chapter of Moms Demand Action after losing her 20-year-old son to gun violence. Calandrian Simpson-Kemp and Shannon Watts join us to speak about turning grief into action and passing common-sense gun legislation in a country that has a gun homicide rate that’s 25x higher than any other high-income country. Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX. Resources from the episode: Follow Moms Demand Action and Shannon Watts on Twitter Get involved in your local Moms Demand Action chapter Resources and research on laws mentioned in this episode: Stand your ground laws Extreme risk, or “red flag,” laws The boyfriend loophole Violence Against Women Act George Floyd Justice and Policing Act Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	A little over a week ago, our country remembered the 17 people murdered in the Parkland
0:48.2	School shooting just three years ago.
0:51.6	That same day, President Biden called on Congress to enact background checks and ban assault weapons
0:57.3	marking the beginning of this administration's push for common-sense gun law reforms
1:05.1	But what makes sense to one person might sound a logical to another. Conversations about gun violence aren't easy because
1:10.4	we all come with our unique set of biases and preconceived notions.
1:14.0	Most of us probably have strong opinions about guns,
1:17.0	whether our reasons are cultural, political, driven by personal experience,
1:21.0	or all of the above. Maybe you and your neighbor agree on
1:24.6	the need for universal background checks, but you disagree on whether
1:28.4	semi-automatic assault rifle should be banned. The matching signs in your front lawns might stand in
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