Local Gun Control After Newtown
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2013-01-15/local-gun-control-after-newtown
A month after the tragic shootings in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has outlined a "comprehensive approach" to curbing gun violence. In a state known for tough gun-control laws, these would be among the strictest measures in the country, including an assault-weapons ban and new gun licensing requirements. Measures also include calls for improved mental health services and school safety. We look at our region's responses to the tragedy at Newtown.
Guests
Aaron Davis
Washington Post Maryland Politics Reporter
Anthony O'Donnell
Minority Leader (R-Calvert / St. Mary's); Maryland House of Delegates
Comments
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Kojo,
Could you please ask one of your guests how the newly proposed gun control efforts would have prevented the terrible tragedy in CT, if they had been in effect at that time? If not, then what are they supposed to accomplish, and how do they accomplish the President's goal of making sure that this sort of event never happens again?
Ralph Caruso
Margueron, France (I used to live in DC)
Please can we have a discussion about the first part of the 2nd Amendment regarding a well regulated militia. We need to define that first and come to an understanding about it. Then we can determine the level of gun control we need. We also need to discuss what type of training should we require of gun owners. This training needs to include ethics training as well. It is easier to get a gun than a drivers license. Those in professions which require carrying a gun as part of their jobs undergo a great deal of reoccuring training both on the practical use of guns and moral restrictions on it.
Your republican guest is a good spokesperson for the NRA and the gun industry, and points out that Connecticut had a ban that didn't help. Of course it wouldn't. You can quickly drive into Connecticut from any of a number of states in pretty short order. That's why we need a NATIONAL ban, if there's to be a ban.
Ask him, too, what he's willing to give up to pay for armed guards for every school.
Dear Kojo,
As always, your shows are not to be missed. I have a thought after this panel. Are the armed guards in every school advocating for full employment for the mercenaries, i.e. Black Water cum whatever of their 20 organization names? And after the schools are armed, what about movie theaters, super markets, day cares? Having worked extensively in the middle east and north Africa it seems to me the advocates of "more guns" need to visit those countries. Possibly they have and they see the entrepreneur value in this growing private armed guards (paid for by the ever suffering tax payers against some of our wishes by the way).
Thanks again!
Lynn
Those of us who believe this country needs stricter gun control laws are organizing a March on Washington for Gun Control on Jan. 26, 2013 on the National Mall. http://www.guncontrolmarch.com/
If you have been feeling helpless because there is nothing you can do, here's an opportunity to stand up and be heard! Please join us, and help us spread the word. When we stand together, we stand a chance!