TAG: Talking About Guns
Talking About Guns is a podcast created to demystify a typically loaded and polarizing topic, featuring a variety of guests who represent different perspectives in the gun safety debate. Our guests approach and dissect a wide range of gun-related topics and issues including relevant national news, personal stories, safety training, access to firearms, constitutional rights and freedoms, responsible gun ownership, gun culture, gun policy, and the role of firearms in keeping our communities safe.
TAG: Talking About Guns
S2 E14: “Lawmaking is like exercise: the more you do it the better you get at it” – Talking About Guns with former Congressman Carlos Curbelo
Former Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo, who served Florida’s 26th district from 2015-2019, joins us for Episode 2 of TAG Season 2. While many believe additional, federal, gun safety legislation is unlikely anytime soon after the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Cong. Curbelo explains how the “breakthrough” could mean more needed reforms are coming -- how “Republicans now have a positive experience they can look back on and a point of reference.” He also shares how Florida’s Republican-led reforms following Parkland showed the party can act despite special interest groups and not face negative political consequences. Finally, stick around as Dr. Michael Siegel joins us for another edition of Siegel’s Scope, where he breaks down exactly which gun laws work and don’t work based on his data.
Host: Mathew Littman
Guest: Congressman Carlos Curbelo
Producer: Ernesto Chavezvaldivia
Executive Producer: Adria Márquez
Editor: Stephanie Genuardi Cunnane