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Before there was Parkland or even Columbine, there was Cleveland Elementary School. But for many, the name of the Stockton, California school is unfamiliar.

On January 17, 1989, a former student opened fire on the playground of Cleveland Elementary School. Within 3 minutes the gunman fired 106 rounds from his recently-purchased AK-47, killing 5 students and injuring another 31. The youngest student victim was 6; the oldest, 9.  Today, hosts Kelly and JJ  are joined by Julie Schardt, a founding member of Cleveland Remembers, a Brady California chapter member, and a former teacher at Cleveland Elementary School who was there that day. Julie shares with us her memories of what happened, the students who were lost, and what drives her to still be engaged in gun violence prevention work to this day.

Mentioned in this podcast:
Trigger Effect (Sactown Magazine)
Not One More (Cleveland School Remembers)
A Decade Before Columbine There Was Cleveland Elementary School  (Brady)
Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (Los Angeles Times)
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady)

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Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
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More than 37 states in the US allow a person to use deadly force against an intruder or attacker under the guise that they are defending themselves or their property. This is due to what are called  “Stand Your Ground'' laws-- but those laws are highly controversial. In this episode, hosts Kelly and JJ are joined by three amazing guests: Alyssa Ackbar, the legislative coordinator for Team ENOUGH’s Florida Lobbying Collective and a state director with March For Our Lives, as well as part of their “Youth Congress''; Dr. Caroline Light, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard -- who also wrote the book Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense; and Dr. John Roman, a senior fellow in the Economics, Justice and Society Group at NORC at the University of Chicago who has extensive experience on the effect race plays in “Stand Your Ground'' defenses. Together, we are discussing the recent development with Stand Your Ground laws and how these laws have the potential to cause more harm than good.

Mentioned in this podcast:
Is There Racial Bias in “Stand Your Ground” Laws? (PBS)
Why Do People Buy Guns (Roman)
Race, justifiable homicide, and stand your ground laws: Analysis of FBI supplementary homicide report data (Urban Institute)
Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense (Beacon Press)

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Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
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Season two of "Red, Blue, and Brady" kicks off with an in-depth discussion of the January 6th attack on the Capitol, when insurrectionists illegally entered the US Capitol building while violently objecting to the certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' electoral victory as the incumbent President and Vice President of the United States. In doing so, this mob directly attacked not just the Capitol and those inside, but the democratic process itself. Hosts Kelly and JJ are joined by the Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Joshua Horwitz, Brady President Kris Brown, and Executive Council member and National chapter coordinator for Team ENOUGH Stephan Abrams to discuss the urgent steps we must immediately enact to guard against further violent attacks — and how gun safety underlies all of them.

Mentioned in this podcast:
Insurrection in America (CSGV)
Episode 70: 2020, Guns, and the Insurrectionist Idea (Brady)
Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea (University of Michigan Press)
President Trump's Private Insurrection Army (NY Daily News)
The Insurrectionism Timeline (Coalition to Stop Gun Violence)

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With COVID-19, many schools are still offering--or requiring-- virtual instruction. But what many people don't realize is, even remote students are participating in active shooter drills. Why? Well, at least 40 states require schools to hold them, even if they’re using blended or hybrid instruction.  How should parents be speaking to their children about these drills? And, what do these drills even do--virtual or otherwise? To tackle these questions, and many more, host JJ is joined by psychotherapist Nancy Kislin, author of the book LOCKDOWN: Talking to Your Kids About School Violence, and an expert on childhood mental health and lockdown drills. 

Mentioned in this podcast: 

• Let’s Talk About Your Child’s Technology Health  (Psychology Today)
• When COVID-19 Hits Too Close to Home (Psychology Today)
• Schools Continue Holding Active-Shooter Drills As Students Learn Remotely (Spokane News Radio)
• Active-shooter drills look pretty weird over ZOOM (the Verge)
• Two largest teachers unions call for schools to revise or end active shooter drills (ABC News)
• the Impact of Active Shooter Drills in School (Everytown)

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So, what exactly is a crime gun anyway? In this episode, host JJ chats with some members of the Brady crime gun initiative team on what everyone needs to know about crime guns, what a supply-side approach to ending gun violence is, and why gun dealers need to be involved in the conversation. Joining JJ is Josh Scharff, Erica Rice, Anneliese Dickman, and Steve Lindley of the Brady combating crime guns team, and Stephan Abrams of Team Enough; together, we break down statistics like why only 5% of gun dealers are responsible for 90% of recovered crime guns, yet how crime guns persist in the US.

Mentioned in this podcast:
The coronavirus pandemic is raging. But so is another deadly public health crisis in Milwaukee: gun violence (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Combating Crime Guns (Brady)
Combating Crime Guns: A Supply-Side Approach (Brady)
Brady files suit against 'ghost gun' manufacturers (Fox)
How criminals get guns (PBS)
When Guns Are Sold Illegally, A.T.F. Is Lenient on Punishment (the Washington Post)

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Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
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We're sure you've heard this false claim before--that video games are linked to gun violence.  But how did video games become scapegoats for gun violence?  To help hosts Kelly and JJ navigate these confusing waters, they're joined by Stephen Machuga (Founder and CEO of the nonprofit StackUp.Org, which supports the mental health of military and veteran communities through the power of gaming), and TJ Arch, the Creative Director at Juniper Park/TBWA, who helped create the computer game “League of Legislators.”

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Mentioned in this podcast:
Why video games? (Stack Up)
The problem is gun laws, not games (Brady)
This Satirical Video Game Takes Aim at Gun Lobbyists (Adweek)
Fact check: Are violent video games connected to mass shootings? (CNN)
Blame Game: Violent Video Games Do Not Cause Violence (Psychology Today)
Gaming well: links between videogames and flourishing mental health (Frontiers in Psychology)

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Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
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In this episode, hosts Kelly and JJ take on another number of firearm suicide myths--including the one that states that suicide rates increase during the holiday season. To do so, they're joined by  three great experts--who also happen to be great friends—Sarah Brady Fellow Dr. Kyleanne Hunter, PsychArmor's Dr. Heidi Kraft, and clinical psychologist Dr. Ted Bonar. Together, they talk about how to handle tough topics like the heightened risk of suicide that may come with people being physically isolated, increased gun sales, how to reach out to people that you love, and to ways to store firearms safely. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

• You just might protect your loved ones from the deadliest method of suicide (Brady)
• Critical resources to Americans: free courses (PsychArmor)
• Veteran suicide prevention (Veteran's Affairs)
• How did we not know? (New York Times) 
• How The CDC's Reluctance To Use The 'F-Word' — Firearms — Hinders Suicide Prevention (NPR)
• Evidence-based trainings (Clinical Readiness Project)

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On the evening of 8 December 1980, John Lennon was shot and killed in the front entrance of his home in NYC.  His murderer was a one-time Beatles fan who had traveled from Hawaii to New York with a .38 special revolver that he had purchased six weeks prior from  a shop in Honolulu, Hawaii for 169 dollars. 

However, the shooter had planned the killing over several months, and had shared his plans with his wife. Had an Extreme Risk Law (sometimes called a “red flag” law) been in place at that time, the shooter may not have been able to maintain his access to this firearm.

Recently, Hawaii joined 18 other states and the District of Columbia in codifying an Extreme Risk Law that would enable family members, co-workers or police to obtain court orders blocking access to firearms for people who show signs they could pose a danger to themselves or others.

To discuss John Lennon's life and death, and what gun violence prevention is like 40 years later,  hosts Kelly and JJ are speaking with Senator Karl Rhoads of Hawaii, President of Brady Kris Brown, Academy Award-nominated documentary producer and podcaster Michael Epstein, and founder and Executive Director of Safer Country Paul Friedman.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• John and Yoko: Above Us Only Sky (Netflix)
• LennoNYC (PBS)
• Murder in House Two (Crowd Network) 
• Gun Violence Prevention Protection Laws (Safer Country)
• John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes (Why Hunger) 

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In 2020 so far,  nearly 2.5 million Americans bought a firearm for the first time. Meanwhile, as COVID-19 continues--as does physical isolation, unemployment, concerns about domestic violence, and more--many have worried that suicide rates may increase as well. So, does buying a gun during COVID increase your risk of suicide? Well, new research does show that those who bought firearms during the pandemic are more likely to deal with  suicidal ideation than pre-existing gun owners. To break this down, hosts Kelly and JJ are speaking with Dr. Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center and an associate professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Guns and Suicide: an American Epidemic (Oxford University Press)
• Suicidal Ideation Among Individuals Who Have Purchased Firearms During COVID-19 (American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
• Associations Among Exaggerated Threat Perceptions, Suicidal Thoughts, and Suicidal Behaviors in US Firearm Owners (Journal of Psychiatric Research)
• We Need to Talk about Guns and Suicide (the Philadelphia Inquirer) 

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How does structural racism intersect with gun violence? Does the Second Amendment apply to all individuals in the same way? And, when it comes to policing, how does the law view gun owners of different ethnic groups? To discuss all this and more, hosts Kelly and JJ are joined by Dr. Jennifer Carlson,  an Associate Professor of Sociology and Government & Public Policy at the University of Arizona.  

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race (Princeton University Press)
• Citizen-Protectors: the Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline (Oxford University Press)
• The Hidden Arm of the Law: Examining Administrative Justice in Gun Carry Licensing (Law and Society Review) 
• We're Doing the Gun Debate Wrong (the Stranger)

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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 
℗&©2019 Red, Blue, and Brady