JJ is joined by Jon Lowy, Chief Counsel and Vice President of Legal at Brady, and Kyleanne Hunter, who in addition to her work as VP of programs for Brady, is a US Marine Corps combat veteran who served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as an AH-1W “Super Cobra” attack pilot. Together, we're talking assault weapons: what they are, how they got banned, and what's going on with them now. 

Then, JJ explains the strange case of the bouncy chair turned semi-automatic rifle, and salutes a great gun violence prevention hero. 

Today, you'll learn: 

• What an assault weapon is; 
• What’s the difference between an automatic, and semiautomatic, weapon;
• What's an assault weapons ban;
• What happened to the assault weapons ban; 
• Why assault weapons are often used in mass shootings; 
• and why most Americans support an assault weapons ban. 

Also, why can't JJ have a tiger?!

Finally, we answer the important question of what can people do if they’re concerned about assault weapons.

Some of the links mentioned in this episode :
Bloody Hands
Demand a ban on assault weapons
The Brady Plan

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. 
Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their longstanding legal support 
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