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Reducing Gun Violence

“If guns don't kill people, why do mass killers arm themselves with guns?” - DaShanne Stokes

Sharanya and Keerthi host a program about a critical topic that affects Americans: gun control. Reducing gun violence is challenging because of the polarization around the issue. Keerthi talks about advocating for the Second Amendment while also requiring safety for gun storage. They interview teen activist, Amelia Vander May, who led a youth team to successfully lobby an ordinance in Santa Barbara that requires firearms to be stored in a locked container and disabled by a trigger lock. Amelia spearheaded the Santa Barbara Youth Council initiative to write and lobby for a safe storage ordinance aimed at preventing youth gun deaths. For a year, she gathered public support for the ordinance, worked with city advisory groups and nonprofits, and presented to the city council. The ordinance, which requires firearms in residences and vehicles to be stored in a locked container and disabled by a trigger lock, was passed into law and became effective in April 2024. Created to reduce gun violence, the Safe Storage Ordinance prevents unauthorized access to firearms, lowering the risk of unintentional injury, mass shootings, and gun suicides. She talks about how teens must get involved, even though many adults don’t take young people seriously. She suggests that teens be professional, do the research, get involved, and have those difficult conversations. Make others aware that guns are dangerous. Banning guns is not a feasible solution. We need bipartisan support and community outreach. Background checks, safe storage methods, services for mental health, addressing racial disparity, and healthy discussions are avenues for creating a safer environment. Sharanya shares a history of firearms and the U.S. grappling with the high rates of gun violence. What are the root causes? Tune in for an educational conversation about reducing gun violence.

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Seventeen-year-old Amelia Vander May is a dedicated activist with a passion for women’s and children's rights, particularly reducing gun violence. As a Santa Barbara Youth Council member, she led a team in writing and successfully lobbying for an ordinance that requires firearms to be stored in a locked container and disabled by a trigger lock; the law went into effect in April 2024. She thrives in leadership roles and is the founder of a girl’s empowerment summer camp and the editor-in-chief of her school’s yearbook. Amelia is committed to using her activism, journalism, and entrepreneurship to make a positive difference in her community. instagram is @santabarbarayouthcouncil

Listen at Voice America Network, Empowerment Channel:

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/150338/reducing-gun-violence

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Reducing Gun Violence

“If guns don’t kill people, why do mass killers arm themselves with guns?” – DaShanne Stokes Sharanya and Keerthi host a program about a critical topic that affects Americans: gun control. Reducing gun violence is challenging because of the polarization around the issue. Keerthi talks about advocating for the Second Amendment while also requiring safety for gun storage. They interview teen…

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/150338/reducing-gun-violence

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Posted @withregram • @nowthisnews Access to abortion is all but certain to be severely restricted or outright banned in many U.S. states now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned in the Supreme Court’s just-issued Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision. According to a Washington Post report, 13 states have ‘trigger laws’ on the books, which are laws that were written to completely ban or severely curtail abortions and which were designed to take effect (i.e., ‘trigger’) immediately once Roe had been overturned. Anti-abortion lawmakers in several GOP-controlled states have recently passed laws to restrict abortion access even beyond the ‘trigger’ legal framework as well. Texas has passed a 6-week abortion ban that allows private citizens to enforce the law through civil lawsuits. And in Florida in April 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a 15-week ban on abortions. Many of these laws do not include exceptions for incest or rape. #supremecourt #roevwade #abortion #abortionrights #triggerlaw #politics #burnitall https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMcR51rBht/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Trump is announcing his #SCOTUS pick tomorrow. Every justice on his list has been endorsed by the Federalist Society, thus staunchly anti-choice. Learn about #triggerlaws. @mastro175 breaks it down here. NY is not protected. Is your state? And it's not just about abortion. It’s also contraception, family planning, marriage equality and reproductive healthcare. @prochoiceamerica explains further: If #RoevWade is overturned and gutted, only a handful of states—out of FIFTY—have constitutional protections for a woman’s right to abortion. And this via @motherjonesmag: “All this legal uncertainty virtually guarantees that, in practice, the effect of trigger laws would be “immediate” Kraiem says. “When all of a sudden, it may be illegal, there are going to be very few doctors willing to perform the procedure at that point,” she says. “It creates a chilling effect.” Litigation would likely attempt to resolve what exactly each trigger law does and doesn’t require, Kraiem says. But women who need to terminate pregnancies will not have the luxury of waiting for legal resolution. “There will be an immediate harm to women,” she says.” #WhatsAtStake #SaveSCOTUS #roevwade #oneinfour #stayhuman #keepshowingup #resist | #Repost @sarahsophief ・・・