Let’s Talk New Mexico 3/15 8a: All around the country, students are walking out of classrooms to call for gun control after a decades of deadly shootings in schools. Young folks are saying they can’t keep waiting, and there is widespread support around the country for some gun control, but lawmakers have made little progress. We’ll hear from students around the state about what it's like to go to school in an era of mass shootings.
How do you deal with threats of gun violence? What do you want to see happen next? We’d like to hear from you. Tweet #LetsTalkNM, emailLetsTalk@kunm.org or call in live during the show.
Guests
- Tyler Shahan, Aztec High School
- Austin Holt, Digital Arts & Technology Academy
- Mason Cannon, Albuquerque High School
- Sage Walstrom, Tierra Adentro
- Zoey Craft, La Cueva High School
Demonstrations
- National School Walkout (Wednesday, March 14)
- Albuquerque March For Our Lives (Saturday, March 24)
- D.C. March For Our lives (Saturday, March 24)
- National School Walkout (Friday, April 20)
Related
- Mass Shootings In America (Washington Post)
- US Mass Shootings, 1982-2018 (Mother Jones)
- Schools are safer than they were in the 90s (Northeastern University)
- Key takeaways on Americans’ views of guns and gun ownership (Pew Research Center)
- Support For Stricter Gun Laws Edges Up In U.S. (Gallup)
- Santa Fe students, officials consider whether — and how — to participate in planned walkouts on guns (Santa Fe New Mexican)
- Educator: It’s time teachers took a tough stand on gun control. They should walk out. (Washington Post)
- I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise. (Washington Post)
Resources
- New Mexico Warmline: 1-855-NMCRISIS
- Agora Crisis Line: 505-277-3013
- Teen Counseling Text Line: 741-741
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
- ULifeline: Online resource for college mental health