267: Driving the Change for Banning Assault Weapons with Kitty Brandtner, founder and co-president of March Fourth
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🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Kitty Brandtner, founder and co-president of March Fourth, to discuss the organization’s push for gun reform in the U.S. and why federally banning assault weapons is their singular goal. Kitty shares the string of events that led her to founding March Fourth, why radical gun reform viewpoints aren’t moving the needle forward, and why a federal assault weapons ban is the simplest and most effective path. She explains the history of assault weapons bans in the U.S., how we arrived at our current mass shooting epidemic, and how the mental health impact from gun violence has a ripple effect throughout a community. We also talk about bringing children up in the era of lockdown drills, holding onto hope and the recent progress that March Fourth has made, actionable items we can all take to help March Fourth’s initiative, and more.
Key Takeaway / Points:
- What led to Kitty founding March Fourth
- On March Fourth’s mission and tempered radicalism
- On the history of assault weapons bans in the U.S.
- How we arrived at our current mass shooting epidemic
- On the mental health impact of our trauma-filled reality
- On bringing children up in the era of lockdown drills
- On hope and the recent progress that has been made
- On actionable items we can all take now to help March Fourth’s initiative
- Why calling our representatives matters
- What Kitty does to fill her cup
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