Tuesday June 7, 2022

For many school districts across the country, it’s been a bumpy few weeks. Parents and students are demanding change after the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in a decade. Today on the news, we speak with local policy makers – all parents themselves – on grief, fear and the plea for ending gun violence in schools.

// Show Notes

// Grand Commission County (6/22) Draft Letter re: Gun Violence
https://grandcountyutah.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/277?fileID=39163

// Grand County Board of Ed (6/8/22)Mtg Agenda
https://www.utah.gov/pmn/sitemap/notice/730455.html

// The Salt Lake Tribune (5/22): Utah lacks ‘foundational’ gun laws, ranks 37th in strength of gun statutes across the U.S., study finds
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/05/26/utah-lacks-foundational/

// The Salt Lake Tribune (5/22): Why Utah’s Sen. Kitchen wants to raise the age to buy a gun to 21
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/05/25/why-utahs-sen-kitchen/

// The Washington Post: More than 311,00 students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/school-shootings-database/

// The New York Times (6/22): The Mass Shootings Where Stricter Gun Laws Might Have Made a Difference
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/04/upshot/mass-shooting-gun-laws.html

// Moab City Police Department (5/22) Press Release
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=354501806777146&set=pcb.354502510110409