With this 10th episode of “Light Over Heat,” I am going to call Season 1 a wrap. Three months ago, I had serious doubts about my ability to do weekly videos on this channel. I was fortunate to be able to consult with John Correia of Active Self-Protection who advised, “It is easier to steer a moving car.”
So, I embarked on this trip and am happy to say I haven’t (yet) crashed the car.
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You’re welcome. Speaking of audio, was this done with camera audio? I can see the lav mic, but it doesn’t sound the same as last time.
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I am using a wired lav mic now connected directly to my phone
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Thank you, David. These are great! If I come up with any great ideas I will send them your way but lately my supply of great ideas seems to be getting pretty low.
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I once advised a colleague, “Just start writing, the ideas will come.” Might work in your case, too?
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You covered it in #11, the urban-rural divide. I sent this to the Albuquerque Journal.
Why did HB 9 fail?
HB-9, the safe firearm storage bill, failed in large part because there was the classic disconnect between rural and urban interests. If such a bill is ever to pass, these parties need to find common ground, recognizing that urban youth violence is a serious problem while protecting legitimate youth firearm activities.
Minors have some legitimate reasons to access firearms. For example, hunting, informal target shooting, 4H, or any number of organized shooting activities. Perhaps the bill could have gotten far more buy in if an explicit addition was made to recognize that minors have legitimate reasons, other than armed defense, to be accessing rifles and shotguns (minors cannot possess handguns on their own under most conditions). The bill could have explicitly stated it is not a crime if a minor fetches from storage, with responsible adult approval and appropriate training, a firearm to be used for a lawful youth activity.
Still, the bill improved as it moved forward. In the original, while safe storage was mandated, no credit was given if a minor defeated a good faith storage system. The substitute bill provided reasonable legal protections for adults by clarifying how “safe storage” would be credited and also gave credit for training. I testified in favor at the House Judiciary Committee hearing. Still, I understand that rural representatives in the House Appropriations and Finance Committee hearing were concerned the bill would impede lawful and traditional youth firearm activities, something that could have been explicitly solved by a minor re-write as I said in the preceding paragraph.
Finally, outreach is critical. I provide to one sponsor academic literature asserting that to effectively promote safe storage, we must reach out to and enlist gun owner organizations and police to cooperate with gun violence prevention organizations to reinforce safe gun ownership behaviors and further, we must make safe storage devices readily accessible and affordable. Creating new law alone may have negligible effect because the folks who most desperately need to hear the message usually are out of the loop unless we reach out to them. Charging adults after kids kill kids misses the point of promoting safe storage before any harm is done.
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