On Tuesday, December 28 at 7 p.m. on Civil Discourse Now we shall discuss guns and violence from a consumer’s perspective.
People have a right to know if a product can kill them. Tobacco companies knew, from their own research, for years before the Surgeon General’s 1964 report, that mainstream smoke kills, yet TV ads had doctors saying cigs prevent colds.
If you think buying a gun protects your home, you have a right to know if that gun is more likely to prevent - or cause - harm to you and your loved ones.
Since the mid-1990s the CDC has been prevented from sponsoring studies of gun violence. Lincoln said let the people know the facts and the country will be safe.
Our guest will be Jerry King, president of the board of Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence.
Mr King’s bio notes:
Jerry King joined the board of Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence in 2019. He has been HCGV’s board president since January, 2020. Jerry retired from the Indiana Public Health Association in 2018 where he had been Executive Director for over 20 years. His prior experience was in hospital community relations and in inner-city neighborhood leadership development and organizing.
Jerry is a member of the Indiana and American Public Health Associations. He has served on several public health oriented advisory boards, coalitions and workgroups in Indiana and at the national level. Jerry participated in the development of the Public Health Accreditation Board, the national program for health department accreditation, by serving on early workgroups that planned the organization’s formation. He has been a fellow and team mentor in the Mid-America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute. He is co-founder and past-president of the board of directors of Earth Charter Indiana.
Jerry received a BA in English from Indiana University at Bloomington and his MA in history from Butler University, Indianapolis.