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((PLAYBOOK SLUG: T24 1230 Trump Guns))
HEADLINE: Gun owners eager to see firearms restrictions scrapped under Trump
TEASER: ((Not needed for TV pkgs according to editors))
PUBLISHED AT: 12/30/24, 9:01 am
BYLINE: Veronica Balderas Iglesias
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Washington
VIDEOGRAPHER: Veronica Balderas Iglesias
VIDEO EDITOR: Veronica Balderas Iglesias
SCRIPT EDITORS: Baragona, Bill Ide
VIDEO SOURCE (S): Agencies, VOA, Skype, see script for others
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __
TRT: 2:35
VID APPROVED BY: Baragona
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EDITOR NOTES: ((Radio Tracks for Reversioning Included. Video library material here. Skype interviews in the corresponding folder in my In Progress Folder “Vero Balderas”))
((TV INTRO))
[[U.S. gun violence prevention measures have been strengthened under the Biden Administration, but big policy changes are expected once President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias spoke with gun owners and gun safety advocates about the matter.]]
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((NARRATOR))
That gun owners’ rights will be protected under his leadership, is a promise that
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President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll swiftly deliver on.
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((Mandatory date c.g.: May 18, 2024))
((Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate))
“In my second term, we will roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment. The attacks are fast and furious. Starting the minute that [Biden] shuffles his way out of the White House.”
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((NARRATOR))
Almost 47,000 lives were lost to gun violence in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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President Joe Biden put a series of measures in place that researchers say are helping to bring that number down.
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[[RADIO INTRO: …explains Jen Pauliukonis, Director of Policy and Programming at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. She spoke via Skype.]]
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((Jen Pauliukonis, Johns Hopkins University)) - ((Skype))
“This includes the American Rescue Plan funds to support community violence intervention programs. // The Biden administration has strengthened the ability of the ATF and the FBI to regulate the industry.”
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((NARRATOR))
Gun rights advocates say these measures violate the right to bear arms granted in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. They are confident Trump will do away with them.
[[RADIO INTRO: Alan Gottlieb is Executive Vice President of the Second Amendment Foundation. He spoke via Skype]]
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((Alan Gottlieb, Second Amendment Foundation))
“We don’t think that they’ve done anything to keep people safe. All they’ve done is infringe on Second Amendment rights.”
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((VIDEO:https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-president-trump-announces-plan-to-end-crime-and-restore-law-and-order ))
((Mandatory source cg: DonaldJTrump.com via Rumble))
((Mandatory date cg: Feb. 20, 2023))
((NARRATOR))
Supporters are also eager for Trump to fulfill his pledge to sign a "concealed carry reciprocity" law. It would…
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((NARRATOR))
…facilitate permit-holders travelling to all 50 states with their weapons.
[[RADIO INTRO: Nik Clark, president of the gun rights group Wisconsin Carry Inc., via Skype. ]]
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((Nik Clark, Wisconsin Carry, Inc.)) -((Skype))
“Each state that you pass through, you have to look up their specific gun laws, and in some cases, you wouldn't be legal to carry in those particular states. So that's something that we would like to see at the federal level.”
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((NARRATOR))
Frank Cimorelli’s son Camden, who had a history of mental health problems, died weeks after shooting himself in 2022 with a legally purchased gun. Cimorelli would like gun safety measures,
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such as enhanced background checks, to remain in place under the Trump Administration.
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[[RADIO INTRO: Cimorelli shared his views via Skype. ]]
((Frank Cimorelli, Father of Suicide Victim)) -((Skype))
“You know, if a mom or dad wants to keep a gun in the house for protection, I have no problem with that. The problem I have is, why does your right to have a gun overshadow my right to keep a gun out of my house?”
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((NARRATOR))
Pew Research surveys show there’s broad bipartisan support among the public for preventing people with mental illness from purchasing guns,
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but Americans remain deeply divided
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on most gun policy proposals.
((Veronica Balderas Iglesias, VOA News, Washington)).
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