TAG Season 2 Episode 18: P.B. Gomez, founder and President of Latino Rifle Association

97Percent continues to change the conversation around gun violence with TAG: Talking About Guns - our new video series created to normalize dialogue and demystify a typically loaded and polarizing topic by inviting diverse viewpoints to the (virtual) table.

In this week’s episode of Talking About Guns, we talk with P.B. Gomez, founder and President of Latino Rifle Association. We chat about the deliberate irony of the organization's name, how the LRA is opposed to certain cultural norms of gun ownership, why gun “laws with good intentions have consequences for marginalized communities,” and his goal of making more gun safety education content available in Spanish. Dr. Siegel also joins us for another edition of “Siegel’s Scope,” where he talks about police shootings of Black victims and how the issue is being framed inaccurately. He explains why rates vary so much across the country and why body cams and implicit racial bias training are not the right solutions.

Check out our conversation on YouTube or listen to it on your favorite podcast player below.

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