Generally excellent town hall with a ton of good discussion. Some general anchors in the timeline since it's two hours:
If you watch only one thing out of this, skip to the very end, and watch starting from 1hr 47m
intros @ 12:00 - Philip Smith likes to talk, but not gonna lie he sounds really nice to listen to
First half is red flag laws
red flag law, summary @ 17:08 - including a recap, some points on the fact that they are (to no surprise) disproportionately used against black people, insights from mental health worker side, pointing out the history of using police against black people, pointing out that it's kinda pre-crime, pointing out that it doesn't take guns away from mentally unstable law enforcement,
particular callout at 36:00 - highlighting that while due process exists, it's not funded like a real criminal procedure, you can't have a public defender help you work through a case
particular callout at 39:00 - follow-up with data - >60% of people don't show in court and lose by default, often because they can't afford to go to court (time off work, etc)
arming teachers in schools @ 1:13:37 - could work, obviously shouldn't mandate everyone to arm themselves. Liability issues. A vice mayor coming around to the idea
Generally excellent town hall with a ton of good discussion. Some general anchors in the timeline since it's two hours:
If you watch only one thing out of this, skip to the very end, and watch starting from 1hr 47m
First half is red flag laws
second half is guns in schools
best take of the whole thing:
Some closing sections on safe firearm training for kids, etc