Democracy Café

Only in the last 40 years or so have gun laws and gun rights become viewed as a zero sum relationship, according to Robert Spitzer, noted scholar and author of five acclaimed books on gun policy, including most recently the acclaimed 'Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights,' and Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at the State University at Cortland. Indeed, as he puts it, while gun ownership is as old as america, so are gun laws, and for most of our first 300 years, there were thousands of gun laws in every state and colony. What can we do today to lessen the probability that gun violence, including mass shootings, can occur? Listen in to Dr. Spitzer's important perspective, and what we the people might do to bring about the enactment of public policy (some of which used to be in place) to help prevent such tragedies in the future. (Check out this recent essay by Dr. Spitzer in the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/postever