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Rather than engaging in polarized conversations about less guns or more guns, our focus is on decreasing violence to save lives and prevent gun-related injuries.
From the column: It should not be normal for a mass shooting every week or more frequently.
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Sarah Mikesell, Joan Peterson, and Mary Streufert | 10:00 am, Jun. 3, 2021 × Joan Peterson (from left), Sarah Mikesell and Mary Streufert listen to a speaker during a candlelight vigil to remember victims of gun violence. 2018 News Tribune file photo
It seems hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about another incident of gun violence with killed or maimed innocent victims. June seems to be an unusually deadly month. That is why there are many anniversary dates and activities.
June 4 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
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Longtime Second Amendment activist and executive director of the Crime Prevention Research Center Nikki Goeser joins today’s Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co to explain why she recently testified in Congress against “red flag” laws, and what really needs to be done to help those in crisis without infringing on the civil rights of gun owners.
If you don’t know Goeser’s background, she found herself thrust into the gun control debate in a very personal way after her beloved husband Ben was killed twelve years ago. While Nikki possessed a valid Tennessee concealed carry license, she was unarmed the night her husband was murdered because state law didn’t allow her to legally carry her gun in a bar. Her husband’s killer had no problem violating that provision, and he was armed when he strolled into the bar where Goeser and her husband were running their mobile karaoke business.