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Dec 15 2015 72 mins   3
Edition #976 Today we look at a few facts regarding guns and gun control in the US including what’s keeping our politicians from enacting widely supported gun regulations Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill 00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: Obama Reacts to Mass Shootings | ReFramed - Refinery29 - Air Date: 12-04-15 Ch. 3: Song 1: Clodomir - Imagho 00:02:21 Ch. 4: Act 2: See you at the next mass shooting - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date 12-4-15 Ch. 5: Song 2: Going sane - Bryan Everyshed 00:05:13 Ch. 6: Act 3: Study: NO ADVANTAGE to Using Firearms in Self-Defense Situations - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-31-15 Ch. 7: Song 3: The Magnificent Seven - The City of Prague Philharmonic 00:10:38 Ch. 8: Act 4: The media forgets to follow the money on gun violence - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 12-11-15 Ch. 9: Song 4: Tape - dustmotes 00:15:08 Ch. 10: Act 5: America Is Dying For Gun Control - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 12-04-15 Ch. 11: Song 5: Wake me up - Avicii 00:22:41 Ch. 12: Act 6: Gun control - Jim Jefferies Ch. 13: Song 6: The Flowers Are Still Standing - Jahzzar 00:37:50 Ch. 14: Act 7: On San Bernardino and the Dickey Amendment - @OntheMedia - Air Date 12-3-15 Ch. 15: Song 7: Agnes - Rod Hamilton 00:47:30 Ch. 16: Act 8: #EndTheBan on @CDCgov Research via @Drsforamerica & @Everytown — Best of the Left Activism Ch. 17: Song 8: This Fickle World - Theo Bard 00:50:11 Ch. 18: Act 9: Science: Fewer Guns = Fewer Gun Deaths - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 08-29-15 Voicemails 00:59:55 Ch. 19: It's not just about gun sales, it's about rights - Nathan from Vancouver, WA 01:02:29 Ch. 20: No such thing as "unskilled labor" - Will in Mississippi 01:03:20 Ch. 21: Why don't we prosecute anti-abortion groups? - Emma from New York City 01:05:08 Ch. 22: Women aren't seen as full humans - Erin from Philadelphia Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics 01:07:55 Ch. 23: Final comments on the latest updates from the year-end fundraiser Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone Activism: #EndTheBan on @CDCgov Research via @Drsforamerica & @Everytown Take Action: SHARE: "Doctors and Public Health Professionals: End the CDC Gun Violence Research Ban” from Doctors For America SIGN, Tweet, & Call your senators: #EndGunViolence, #EndTheBan via Everytown for Gun Safety Sources/further reading: "Gun violence research: History of the federal funding freeze” "Congressman Whose Amendment Ended Federal Gun Research: 'I Have Regrets’” via Talking Points Memo National Rifle Assoc Funding Stats via OpenSecrets.org "Over 2,000 Physicians Urge Congress to End the Ban on CDC and NIH Gun Violence Research” from Doctors For America Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected] Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!