As I reflect today on the sacrifices made by so many to afford me the opportunity to live how I do, I also want to do my part to make our country better. In my case, it won’t be on an actual battlefield, but on the cultural battlefield over the place of guns in American society.

As I argue in the conclusion to my book, Gun Curious, we need to have civil conversations across our differences on the issue of guns.

Even if you don’t share that goal, please participate in and share my “Let’s Talk Guns” project.

This project was inspired by reporter Michele Norris’ Race Card Project. Norris asked people to distill their thoughts on race down to 6 words as a way of initiating conversations about a difficult subject. In “Let’s Talk Guns,” I want to do the same for another topic we often have a difficult time talking about.

The idea is simple:

What Do Guns Mean to You?

Use the qr code below or go to

letstalkguns.org

to share your

[story] [ideas] [associations]

in just 6 words