In this episode, Sarah talks about how to guide difficult conversations through the minefields of policy proposals. And Jon talks about how assertions like, "Nobody's coming for your guns" are bad for everyone.

Focused deterrence - reduces violent crime by 30%

https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TL261/better-policing-toolkit/all-strategies/focused-deterrence/in-depth.html#analyzing-the-evidence-for-foc-

Suicide prevention strategies

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/suicideTechnicalPackage.pdf

Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model

https://www.secretservice.gov/data/protection/ntac/USSS_NTAC_Enhancing_School_Safety_Guide_7.11.18.pdf

Mass Attacks in Public Places -- threat assessment and best practices

https://www.secretservice.gov/data/press/reports/USSS_FY2019_MAPS.pdf

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For the holidays, we're deviating slightly from our schedule and doing a listener questions episodes. This episode also corresponds to a live-stream on our Facebook page, so head over there to watch us record this episode!

Mentioned in this episode:

Rand Corporation analysis on gun policy:

https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy.html

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In this episode, Sarah teaches "tactical listening," in Soft Skills to supercharge your persuasiveness. Jon's Bad Argument of the Day is about The Language Game and how both sides of this debate play the language game poorly and to their detriment. 

Presence boost and pause techniques based on:  The Charisma Myth,

by Olivia Fox Cabane

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In this episode, Sarah shows us how to frame values so they can be heard and understood by those who may disagree with you. And Jon's Bad Argument of the Day tackles Gun Free Zones.

Episode citations:

“Accepting Threatening Information: Self-Affirmation and the Reduction of Defensive Biases” - David K. Sherman and Geoffrey L. Cohen

https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/sherman/david/sites/labs.psych.ucsb.edu.sherman.david/files/pubs/sherman_cohen_2002.pdf

“Framing an argument” - Dr Biljana Scott

https://www.diplomacy.edu/resources/general/framing-argument

https://www.theviolenceproject.org

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Bryan Strawser is Founder, Principal, and CEO at Bryghtpath LLC, a strategic advisory firm he founded in 2014. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in the areas of global enterprise risk management, business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, intelligence, and crisis communications.

In this episode, we sit down with Bryan to discuss the recently released Violence Project report on mass shootings, common misconceptions about mass shootings, how to identify risks, and intervention strategies. 

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Validating values, finding common ground, and the dangerous trap of obviousness.

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In this bonus episode, Sarah and Jon discuss why they started Guns Guide to Liberals, what got them involved in firearms, and how gun ownership and the Second Amendment is compatible with liberal values. 

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In this episode, Sarah shows us how to extrapolate the positive values out of the statements and arguments put forth by your discussion partner and Jon talks about why math and cognitive bias keep background checks from being an effective solution.

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How to maximize the potential of the inevitable political discussions at holiday family functions. In Episode One, we talk communication strategies and why we should stop comparing guns to cars.

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