On April 16, 2007, a gunman shot and killed 32 people in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at Virginia Tech. Colin Goddard and Reema Samaha were in French class that day--Colin was shot four times and survived, but Reema was killed.The horrible events of that day launched Colin into activism, as well as Reema's brother, Omar Samaha. Along the way they made friends with Christian Heyne, the Vice President of Policy at Brady, and each made undercover videos investigating the gun show loophole.

Today, all three again join host JJ to talk about Virginia Tech, gun violence, activism, and how to define a survivor. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Colin Debates for Gun Violence Prevention (Brady)
• Gun Violence Survivors Speak Out (CNN)
• Many First Responders Struggle with PTSD (Washington Post)
• Living for 32 (Living for 32)

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Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their long standing legal support 
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On April 16, 2007, a gunman shot and killed 32 people in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at Virginia Tech. Colin Goddard and Reema Samaha were in French class that day--Colin was shot four times and survived, but Reema was killed.The horrible events of that day launched Colin into activism, as well as Reema's brother, Omar Samaha. Along the way they made friends with Christian Heyne, the Vice President of Policy at Brady, and each made undercover videos investigating the gun show loophole.

Today, all three join  host JJ to talk about Virginia Tech, gun violence, activism, and why the gun show loophole persists. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Gun Show Loophole ( Brady)
• Living for 32 (Living for 32)
•  $5,000 and One Hour Buys 10 Guns (ABC)
•  Virginia Tech Shooting (CNN)

For more information on Brady, follow us on social @Bradybuzz, or via our website at bradyunited.org. Full transcripts and bibliography available at bradyunited.org/podcast.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. 
Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their long standing legal support 
℗&©2019 Red, Blue, and Brady

Ms. Millie Brown started her organization, Tear's of a Mother's Cry, in 2009 to serve the women of Baltimore who have lost their children to gun violence. She has now served over 1000 mothers, providing much needed support to the bereaved.  In 2019 alone, Baltimore had  348 killings—90 percent by gunfire. The murder rate (58 per 100,000 people) now exceeds that of previous global homicide capitals of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Each halved its homicide rates in the past five years; Baltimore’s climbed 65 percent. This terrible rate of gun violence has continued even in the time of the novel coronovirus. 

 Today, Ms. Millie joins host  JJ to talk about the stories of two of these mothers, and their sons taken by homicide--Ms. Tracy Coleman, and Ms. Burnett McFadden. Ms. Tracy lost two sons, Cornelius and Cordell Bruce, in January of 2020. Ms. B lost three sons, Reginald,  Randolph and Linton, in the space of several months in 2005. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

•  Burnett McFadden, Community Advocate 
•  Two Brothers Killed Within a Week in Baltimore
•  Dr. Ben Carson and Ms. Millie Brown:  Tears of a Mother's Cry
• Baltimore still battling crime, amidst coronavirus

For more information on Brady, follow us on social @Bradybuzz, or via our website at bradyunited.org. Full transcripts and bibliography available at bradyunited.org/podcast.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. 
Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their long standing legal support 
℗&©2019 Red, Blue, and Brady

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JJ and Kelly Sampson, Counsel at Brady, are joined again by Clayton Rosenberg of the Alliance of Concerned Men and Women, a non-profit organization that focuses on saving lives of at-risk youth and adults in areas of Washington DC that experience high amounts of gun violence. Together, we're discussing what those in community based organizations doing to help fight gun violence in this unique period of time.

Mentioned in this podcast:

•  Alliance of Concerned Men and Women (ACM)
• COVID-19 and Gun Violence (Amnesty International)
• If COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate, Then Why Are Black People Dying at Higher Rates? (ACLU)

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Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their long standing legal support
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Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski is the founder of the Washington Health System Teen Outreach, through which she has trained over 15,000 peer educators and served over 7,000 young parents. Currently, she serves as the President and Founder of the Academy for Adolescent Health, Inc., and is the author of books like "Sex Ed Is In Session" and the Nonnie series. Today, she joins host JJ to talk about the unique risk the intersection of COVID-19 and firearms can be posing to young adults, and how all of us need to be talking about how #EachPersonIsAPersonofWorth. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Sex Ed Is In Session (Amazon) 
•  Teen Suicide and Guns (PBS)
•  6 Ways to Prevent Gun Violence While Social Distancing (Brady)
•  Dealing with Coronavirus (Observer-Reporter)
•  Nonnie Talks About Quarantine (Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski)

For more information on Brady, follow us on social @Bradybuzz, or via our website at bradyunited.org. Full transcripts and bibliography available at bradyunited.org/podcast.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. 
Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their long standing legal support 
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Victoria M Rodríguez-Roldán, the Trans/Gender Non-Conforming Justice Project Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, joins host JJ to talk about the intersections between gun violence, disability, and COVID-19, and how the solution to structural inequality is not "buy more guns."

Mentioned in this podcast:

• 4 Reasons Not to Buy Guns in Response to COVID-19
• Gun-toting disabled woman with health condition appears in NRA video warning of effort to 'exploit' coronavirus pandemic (Washington Post)
• COVID-19 Pandemic and People with Disabilities (Respectability) 
• Disability considerations during the COVID-19 Outbreak (World Health Organization)

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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 long standing legal support 
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COVID-19 has, and is, disrupting the lives of millions of people in America. Among those are survivors of domestic and sexual violence, who are especially vulnerable in this time. Add in the rise of gun sales, and there is a dangerous storm brewing. More than half of all women murdered in the United States are killed by an intimate partner with a gun, and the chance of being murdered by an abusive partner increases five-fold when there is a gun in the home. Host JJ is joined by Ruth Glenn, President, and Rachel Graber, Director of Public Policy, of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) talk about the intersections, and risks, of domestic violence, firearms, and COVID-19...and what our listeners can do. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Call the Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233); for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing by Video Phone at 1-855-812-1001, or Chat Online here.
• Text the Domestic Violence Hotline by sending "LOVEIS" to 22522.
• Staying Safe in COVID-19 (NCADV)
• Beyond Bullet Wounds (Brady)

For more information on Brady, follow us on social @Bradybuzz, or via our website at bradyunited.org. Full transcripts and bibliography available at bradyunited.org/podcast.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. 
Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their long standing legal support 
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In response to fear related to the COVID-19 pandemic, American gun dealers and online retailers have reported an increase in sales, especially to first time gun buyers. But, making the decision to buy a gun is a big deal, and not one that should be done impulsively. To help guide people on whether or not they should buy a gun, and to assist those that have already purchased one, host JJ is joined by Christian Heyne, the Vice President of Policy at Brady, and David Chipman, a Senior Policy Adviser at the gun violence prevention organization Giffords.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• 6 Ways You Can Prevent Gun Violence While Social Distancing Amid COVID-19 (Brady)
• Panic Buying Guns Won’t Keep You Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Giffords)
• Coronavirus and Guns: What You Need to Know (Giffords)

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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 long standing legal support 
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Hosts JJ and Kelly Sampson join VP of Legal Jon Lowy to talk about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s advisory guidance designating gun stores, shooting ranges and other portions of the gun industry as “essential critical infrastructure.” In return, Brady has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain documents pertinent to the gun industry’s efforts to influence this decision. What does that mean? Listen to find out!

Mentioned in this podcast:

• We're Taking Legal Action on DHS Guidance on Gun Stores (Brady)
• So Called "Second-Amendment Sanctuaries" (Brady) 
• Gun Stores Ruled Essential (Wall Street Journal)

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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 long standing legal support 
℗&©2020 Red, Blue, and Brady

Jim “the Bear” Brady saw his career cut short on March 30, 1981, during an assassination attempt against the president. In addition to President Reagan, Jim and two law enforcement officers were shot. Jim suffered a serious head wound that left him partially paralyzed for life. Soon after the shooting, Jim and his wife Sarah Brady, became respected gun violence prevention advocates. Today, Brady President Kris Brown and VP of Legal Jon Lowy talk with host JJ about that fateful day in 1981, and the Brady mission and legacy that followed (and continues!) today.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• 6 Ways You Can Prevent Gun Violence While Social Distancing Amid COVID-19 (Brady)
• The History of Brady (Brady)
• Reagan press secretary and activist James Brady dies at 73 (PBS)

For more information on Brady, follow us on social @Bradybuzz, or via our website at bradyunited.org. Full transcripts and bibliography available at bradyunited.org/podcast.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. 
Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their long standing legal support 
℗&©2020 Red, Blue, and Brady

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