Sean Duregger and co-host Joey Avalos discuss the hot topic of Gun Control with Texas Police Officer Seth [last name withheld] and Freelance Journalist Brad McHargue. Music by Barsuk recording artist David Bazan*.

Show Notes

* “American Flags” and “Backwoods Nation” used by permission of David Bazan, his management and Barsuk Records.

The AxPx Podcast

Episode #13

Topic: Gun Control

On December 14th, 2012 a bloodthirsty madman shot his mother at home then proceded to kill 20 children and 6 adults at a small town school: Sandy Hook Elementary School. This was the second-deadliest school shooting in US History after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and can also be considered one of the most heinous with the killing of innocent children.

This incident sent the Gun Control discussion through the roof, prompting our Government to respond.  On January 16th, President Barack Obama signed 23 Excecutive Orders while also sending a message to Congress that he’d push an Assault Rifle Ban including a Magazine Clip Limit of 10 rounds.

 

President Obama: “Let me be absolutely clear: like most Americans, I believe the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms.”

President Obama: “With rights come responsibilities.”

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/01/16/president-obama-introduces-plan-reduce-gun-violence

 

Guests: Seth –  Texas Police Officer

Brad McHargue – Journalist

 

Obama’s 23 Executive Orders:

* Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.

* Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.

* Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.

* Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.

* Propose rule making to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.

* Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.

* Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.

* Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).

* Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.

* Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.

* Nominate an ATF director.

* Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.

* Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.

* Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.

* Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.

* Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.