The Rod of Fear: Combating Gun Violence with Jonathan Lowy

Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan

Dr. Steven Hassan

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Gun-related deaths are already over 17,000 as of May of this year. In 2021, they were at their highest ever at almost 50,000 murders, suicides, and accidental deaths involving firearms. These statistics are personal to me due to my experiences in the Moonies cult with the Rod of Iron Ministries, Kahr Arms, the AR15 factory, and two compounds (TN and TX) training people for civil war. I spoke with expert Jonathan Lowy who told me he successfully sued Kahr Arms. Jonathan founded Global Action on Gun Violence, a nonprofit working with the international community to stop gun trafficking and violence through litigation, human rights, and other strategies. He has been litigating and advocating against gun violence for over 25 years. He helped win over $100 million for victims in verdicts and settlements, created the precedent that holds gun companies accountable and reformed dangerous gun industry practices. His articles include “The Right Not to Be Shot.” He has been named one of the 500 leading lawyers in America for over ten years by Lawdragon magazine. Learn more about Steven Hassan and Freedom of Mind Resource Center. Visit freedomofmind.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Stephen Hassan with another episode of the influence continuum.
0:09.8	I'm very excited to meet and get to know my guest for this week's podcast and blog.
0:17.9	Jonathan Lowy is the president and founder of Global Action on Gun Violence, a non-profit
0:25.1	working with the international community to stop gun trafficking and violence through litigation,
0:33.0	human rights and other strategies. John has been litigating and advocating against gun violence for over 25
0:40.0	years. He's helped to win over $100 million for victims in verdicts and settlements, created
0:48.5	precedents that holds gun companies accountable, reform dangerous gun industry practices.
0:56.3	His articles include the right not to be shot.
1:00.4	Count me in, please.
1:03.4	He has been named one of the 500 leading lawyers in America for over 10 years by Law
1:09.0	Dragon magazine.
1:17.5	And Jonathan, I reached out to you because I saw my former cult, the Moonies escalating. They have a gun factory in Pennsylvania, associated with
1:26.0	car arms. And that's Justin Moon.
1:29.8	And Sean Moon has the Rod of Iron Ministry, where he claims there's a line in revelation
1:37.0	from the Bible saying that it means an AR-15, which his brother happens to make.
1:48.0	And now he's a rapper. Now he's trying to recruit,
1:55.3	and they have two compounds where they're hired veterans to train people how to use AR-15s. And I fear that this is a prelude to civil warfare in the streets, a la dictatorship and authoritarianism.
2:06.1	So I reached out to my friend John Hudson.
2:09.4	I said, do you know anyone I can interview about gun violence?
2:13.1	And he introduced me to you.
2:15.0	And I am so grateful.
2:16.5	So I'm so tired, Jonathan, of watching TV about
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