S2 E29: “History tells us when there’s progress, there’s backlash” – Talking About Guns with Jocelyn Benson

TAG: Talking About Guns

A recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal for her “exemplary public service to advance free and fair elections,” Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson joins us for the latest episode of TAG. From armed protestors outside her home in the middle of the night contesting the 2020 election results and learning of a plot published on Facebook to shoot her in her backyard to her efforts to institute a ban on guns within 100 feet of polling places, Secretary Benson shares first-hand how gun safety interfaces with elections. We also discuss the impact of the Michigan State University and Oxford High School shootings on legislation and Gen Z.

In the latest edition of Siegel’s Scope, Dr. Siegel unpacks the post-Bruen federal district court decision from Oregon – which upheld the state’s ban on large capacity ammunition magazines – and its potential ramifications on the upcoming Supreme Court case regarding gun restrictions for the subjects of domestic violence restraining orders.
Host: Mathew Littman
Guest: Jocelyn Benson
Producer: Ernesto Chavezvaldivia
Executive Producer: Adria Márquez
Editor: Stephanie Genuardi Cunnane