Simple Answers, Easy Steps and a Message of Hope (The Edge)
Velvet's Edge with Kelly Henderson
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Kelly here, hi. I am reposting this podcast this week because I simply do not know what else to do. After a mass shooting, that ended in 7 people (including 3 children) dead, just down the road from my home in Nashville this week, I do not have the words yet to talk about this again. Many of my close friends and specifically their children were greatly impacted by this shooting and to say that this issue being in your backyard brings it to the forefront of your mind is an understatement. I will be back to discuss more of what that is like at some point in the future, but in the meantime, I’m begging you all-no matter where you stand politically- put it to the side. This is bigger than your ego or own personal feelings. This is our children’s lives, safety and freedom. “Listen to the podcast, take the actionable steps, but also compromise and try to work together. This is a political issue, but I think we have to do what we can to lay that down and start working together. We aren’t getting anywhere with otherwise. We all do it, but if more innocent children dying isn’t the time to unite and come together, I don’t know what is.
Sending love and healing energy to everyone in Nashville right now.
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Retired US Army Veteran, gun owner and gun violence survivor, Melody McFadden, joins Kelly and Chip to simplify the conversation about gun laws and gun violence.
"I don't want your guns, because I don't want to give you my guns."
Melody tells the stories of loss she has faced at the hands of unsafe gun use and also how simple it could be to make those moments safe.
On the date this was recorded in mid June, 3,599 people in America had been shot and killed since the mass shooting in Uvalde, TX on May 24.
"You have to get a driver's license to drive a car, why shouldn't we have safety measures about owning guns?"
Melody is full of love, faith and helpful small action steps we can all take to make our country a safe place to live.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | All right, Chip, I'm really excited about our guest today. |
| 0:07.7 | We've been talking a lot about how pop culture topics seem really irrelevant to us right now. |
| 0:14.3 | And so we can't really start talking about, you know, celebrity gossip or anything that's happening in our world |
| 0:22.7 | without really getting to some growth points, at least, with this gun violence situation. |
| 0:29.5 | And so you and I decided we really want to keep spreading information, |
| 0:34.5 | bringing on guests that can help educate us and give us tools of where to go. |
| 0:39.3 | Because I think one of the things that we've bumped up against is people just feeling so |
| 0:42.5 | helpless. So we're really excited because we have Melody McFadden here today. Hi, Melody. |
| 0:48.9 | Hello. How are you? We're great. Thank you for asking. How are you? |
| 0:53.6 | I'm doing good today, doing really well. |
| 0:56.4 | Good. Great. Having me. Thank you for being here. And you are, we found you because I've talked a lot about |
| 1:03.6 | every town on this podcast. And I reached out to you guys. And I was given your name. You are a volunteer of the South Carolina chapter |
| 1:14.1 | of Mom's Demand Action, which is underneath every town. |
| 1:16.7 | I didn't understand that you guys were connected. |
| 1:19.3 | You also told me you're a faith outreach lead |
| 1:21.5 | and you're a survivor of gun violence. |
| 1:24.5 | And so I loved your story because I told you this |
| 1:27.3 | before we got on the podcast. You're a gun owner. You were a part of the violence. And so I loved your story because I told you this before we got on the podcast, |
| 1:28.5 | you're a gun owner, you were a part of the army, and you have your own story relating to gun |
| 1:33.5 | violence. So would you start by maybe telling our listeners your journey? I absolutely would. |
| 1:40.2 | Again, I want to thank you so much for having me. My story actually began when I was 17 |
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