Shadow Politics, August 18, 2024
Shadow Politics with Senator Michael D. Brown
Guest, Josh Horwitz, a Distinguished Professor discussing how to reduce gun violence through public health research
In the District of Columbia, it has become clear that any person who wants a gun can get one. Despite some of the toughest gun laws in America, our streets are awash in guns. Murders and carjackings are up and at the root of the problem are guns. I will discuss with Josh solutions that can reduce the amount of guns readily available on the street and help us stem the increase in this public health emergency. Please join us for this important discussion on gun violence and how we can stop it.
Tune in for this interesting discussion!
Headlined Show, Shadow Politics August 18, 2024
Drowning in a sea of guns . . . Ending the plague of gun violence in America! Our guest, Josh Horwitz, Center for Gun Violence Solutions - In the District of Columbia, it has become clear that any person who wants a gun can get one. Despite some of the toughest gun laws in America, our streets are awash in guns. Murders and carjackings are up and at the root of the problem are guns. I will discuss with Josh solutions that can reduce the amount of guns readily available on the street and help us stem the increase in this public health emergency. Please join us for this important discussion on gun violence and how we can stop it.
Guest, Joshua M. Horwitz
Josh Horwitz is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Horwitz works to reduce gun violence by utilizing public health research and health equity analysis to build advocacy campaigns that meet critical opportunities in the policy development process.
The team at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions includes highly experienced researchers and public health-trained advocates to address gun violence as an epidemic-level public health emergency. Because gun violence disproportionately impacts communities of color, they ground their work in equity and seek insights from those most impacted on appropriate solutions. This approach combines evidence-based solutions and effective advocacy to save lives.
Josh earned a BA at the University of Michigan in 1985 and a JD at the George Washington University in 1988.
"We don’t have to live with gun violence as a normal part of American life."
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