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A show about the US Constitution from the perspective of an active duty military officer. This show will shine light on current political discourse through the lens of the Constitution. We'll explore what rights we all have and how to defend those rights. And we'll go back and explore the philosophy of the founders and how it still applies today.

 

Jun 22, 2018

Combination of all 5 parts into one episode.  2nd amendment, 14th amendment, statistical myths, ethics of gun ownership, and policy prescriptions to reduce gun violence.

Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com 

links: CLS Interview https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand/colins-last-stand-fireside-chats-episode-41-a-naval-officers-constitutional-love 

NYT https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/opinion/guns-second-amendment-nra.html?referer=https://www.google.com/ 

UN homicide rate: https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list 

Pew Research Center: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/ 

Crime Prevention Research Center: https://crimeresearch.org/2015/06/comparing-death-rates-from-mass-public-shootings-in-the-us-and-europe/ 

2016 FBI Crime Report: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/topic-pages/violent-crime 

CDC Defensive Gun Use: https://www.nap.edu/read/18319/chapter/1 

Childhood Firearm Injuries: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/06/15/peds.2016-3486

NYT: 1 Bullet Can Kill, but Sometimes 20 Don’t: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/nyregion/03shot.html

Drive by shooting defended with his AR 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=88&v=LSBkYbEprSE 

USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/03/ban-assault-weapons-buy-them-back-prosecute-offenders-column/570590002/

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