Moms Demand Action Our America with Julián Castro
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- Society & Culture
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
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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.
39 min