Safety Policies; Could They Impact Gun Violence in LA?
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Since the 1990’s, gun violence is down in Los Angeles—but it still takes a heavy toll. Would today’s proposals by President Obama help to reduce it more?
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Federal Gun Control and Gun Violence Here in LA… ()
Gun violence is down in Los Angeles—but it still takes a heavy toll. Would today’s proposals by President Obama help to reduce it more? At Scripps College in Claremont today, sheriff’s deputies, local police and other first responders conducted drills on how to cope with a potential mass shooting. KCRW’s Saul Gonzalez was there.
Guests:
- Guillermo Cespedes: Director of Gang Reduction and Youth Development, City of Los Angeles
- Connie Rice: Advancement Project in Los Angeles, @ConnieRicePCN
- Saul Gonzalez: KCRW Producer, @SaulKCRW
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Obama Takes Executive Action on Gun Control ()
The President today signed 23 executive orders and asked Congress for additional gun control measures—with an appeal to the public.
"If parents and teachers, police officers, and pastors, if hunters and sportsman, if responsible gun owners, if Americans of every background stand up and say, enough. We’ve suffered too much pain, and care too much about our children to allow this to continue, then change will -- change will come," the president said.
Today we’ll hear what’s in the executive orders the President signed and assess his chances on Capitol Hill, where the focus is on Democrats in the Senate.
Guests:
- Julian Zelizer: Professor of History, Princeton University
- Richard Feldman: Independent Firearm Owners Association
- Matt Bennett: Democratic Strategist, Third Way, @ThirdWayMattB
- Andrew Kohut: Pew Research Center, @pewresearch
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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation and the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.
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