{"id":109573,"date":"2024-10-02T16:04:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T09:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109573"},"modified":"2024-10-02T16:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T09:04:48","slug":"walz-says-his-son-witnessed-a-shooting-drawing-sympathy-from-vance-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109573","title":{"rendered":"Walz says his son witnessed a shooting, drawing sympathy from Vance : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-25858\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 2264;&#10;        --source-height: 1342;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2264x1342+1319+330\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F2c%2F2bfd45864f20ab335cd509575231%2Fgettyimages-2167854300.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2264x1342+1319+330\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F2c%2F2bfd45864f20ab335cd509575231%2Fgettyimages-2167854300.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2264x1342+1319+330\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F2c%2F2bfd45864f20ab335cd509575231%2Fgettyimages-2167854300.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2264x1342+1319+330\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F2c%2F2bfd45864f20ab335cd509575231%2Fgettyimages-2167854300.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2264x1342+1319+330\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F2c%2F2bfd45864f20ab335cd509575231%2Fgettyimages-2167854300.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Tim Walz celebrates with his son Gus Walz at the Democratic National Convention.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2264x1342+1319+330\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F2c%2F2bfd45864f20ab335cd509575231%2Fgettyimages-2167854300.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Tim Walz celebrates with his son Gus Walz at the Democratic National Convention.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>This story first appeared in the NPR Network&#8217;s <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/live-updates\/jd-vance-tim-walz-debate-2024\"><em>live blog of the 2024 vice presidential debate<\/em><\/a><em> between JD Vance and Tim Walz. For the latest on the campaign, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/elections\/\"><em>head to NPR&#8217;s Elections page<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tim Walz told Tuesday night&#8217;s vice presidential debate that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/22\/nx-s1-5086342\/gus-tim-walz-father-son-dnc\">his son Gus<\/a> witnessed a shooting, an admission that visibly surprised and saddened his opponent, JD Vance, onstage. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a 17-year-old and he witnessed a shooting at a community center playing volleyball,&#8221; Walz said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s awful,&#8221; Vance murmured, shaking his head. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5135686-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP STATICHTML\" --><\/p>\n<p><em>Video credit: CBS News Vice Presidential Debate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Both candidates condemned the epidemic of school shootings \u2014 and said they know they agree on that \u2014 but offered different solutions for addressing it. Vance talked about improving physical security measures while Walz focused on gun control legislation. <\/p>\n<p>When it was Vance&#8217;s turn to respond, he addressed Walz directly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5135686-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5086342\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/22\/nx-s1-5086342\/gus-tim-walz-father-son-dnc\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/22\\\/nx-s1-5086342\\\/gus-tim-walz-father-son-dnc&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2838x2838+352+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F03%2Feb253b0443f5a07c77c3ca72f05a%2Fgettyimages-2167069347.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2838x2838+352+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F03%2Feb253b0443f5a07c77c3ca72f05a%2Fgettyimages-2167069347.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2838x2838+352+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F03%2Feb253b0443f5a07c77c3ca72f05a%2Fgettyimages-2167069347.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2838x2838+352+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F03%2Feb253b0443f5a07c77c3ca72f05a%2Fgettyimages-2167069347.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2838x2838+352+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F03%2Feb253b0443f5a07c77c3ca72f05a%2Fgettyimages-2167069347.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2838x2838+352+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F03%2Feb253b0443f5a07c77c3ca72f05a%2Fgettyimages-2167069347.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2838x2838+352+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F03%2Feb253b0443f5a07c77c3ca72f05a%2Fgettyimages-2167069347.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2838x2838+352+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F03%2Feb253b0443f5a07c77c3ca72f05a%2Fgettyimages-2167069347.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Gus Walz cheers as his father, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, gave a shoutout to his family while accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5135686-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tim, first of all, I didn&#8217;t know that your 17-year-old witnessed a shooting, and I&#8217;m sorry about that and I hope he&#8217;s doing OK,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Christ have mercy, it is awful.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I appreciate you saying that,&#8221; Walz replied.<\/p>\n<p>Walz told MPR News in March about the incident, which happened at the Jimmy Lee Community Center in Saint Paul.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5135686-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5101684\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/05\/nx-s1-5101684\/preventing-school-shootings\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/05\\\/nx-s1-5101684\\\/preventing-school-shootings&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5465x5465+864+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F70%2F54ea9e02484f930501c59016ff5f%2Fgettyimages-2169636113.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5465x5465+864+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F70%2F54ea9e02484f930501c59016ff5f%2Fgettyimages-2169636113.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5465x5465+864+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F70%2F54ea9e02484f930501c59016ff5f%2Fgettyimages-2169636113.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5465x5465+864+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F70%2F54ea9e02484f930501c59016ff5f%2Fgettyimages-2169636113.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5465x5465+864+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F70%2F54ea9e02484f930501c59016ff5f%2Fgettyimages-2169636113.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5465x5465+864+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F70%2F54ea9e02484f930501c59016ff5f%2Fgettyimages-2169636113.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5465x5465+864+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F70%2F54ea9e02484f930501c59016ff5f%2Fgettyimages-2169636113.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5465x5465+864+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F70%2F54ea9e02484f930501c59016ff5f%2Fgettyimages-2169636113.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Students and residents mourn those who lost their lives near the scene of the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. \" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5135686-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a parent of a youth who was at that facility, I think that would have been a good decision to keep those firearms out of there,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>As the candidates shared a moment on empathy on stage about school shootings, Trump went on the attack on Truth Social, posting an apparent slip from Walz where he said he had &#8220;become friends with school shooters&#8221; in one of his answers. (Asked later by reporters to clarify, Walz did not respond.)<\/p>\n<p>At other moments in the debate, the views between the two notably diverged.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a question about whether prosecutors should charge parents for the mass shootings their children commit, Vance turned quickly to how to prevent school shootings in general. In his view, the primary way to prevent these shootings is to increase school security.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5135686-103\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5100648\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/04\/nx-s1-5100648\/apalachee-high-school-georgia-shooting\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/04\\\/nx-s1-5100648\\\/apalachee-high-school-georgia-shooting&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3942x3942+384+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F26%2F46fdc0df4097a088ed84499ce4dd%2Fgettyimages-2169575145.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3942x3942+384+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F26%2F46fdc0df4097a088ed84499ce4dd%2Fgettyimages-2169575145.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3942x3942+384+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F26%2F46fdc0df4097a088ed84499ce4dd%2Fgettyimages-2169575145.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3942x3942+384+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F26%2F46fdc0df4097a088ed84499ce4dd%2Fgettyimages-2169575145.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3942x3942+384+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F26%2F46fdc0df4097a088ed84499ce4dd%2Fgettyimages-2169575145.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3942x3942+384+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F26%2F46fdc0df4097a088ed84499ce4dd%2Fgettyimages-2169575145.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3942x3942+384+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F26%2F46fdc0df4097a088ed84499ce4dd%2Fgettyimages-2169575145.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3942x3942+384+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2F26%2F46fdc0df4097a088ed84499ce4dd%2Fgettyimages-2169575145.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Law enforcement and first responders respond to Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Wednesday, after a shooting was reported.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5135686-103\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, I think that we have to increase security in our schools,\u201d Vance said. \u201cWe have to make the door stronger. We&#8217;ve got to make the windows stronger and of course we&#8217;ve got to increase school resource officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance was essentially suggesting a common response to school shootings: That schools need to become hardened, by adding things like metal detectors and more police presence.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/05\/nx-s1-5101684\/preventing-school-shootings\"><u>many experts<\/u><\/a> say a more effective approach is to focus more on buttressing the emotional well-being of students and making sure that they feel like they belong, as school shooters often have been bullied.<\/p>\n<p>Walz, for his part, turned quickly to gun control legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what we end up doing is we start looking for a scapegoat. Sometimes it just is the guns,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5135686-104\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5107973\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/11\/nx-s1-5107973\/kamala-harris-gun-owner-debate-donald-trump\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/11\\\/nx-s1-5107973\\\/kamala-harris-gun-owner-debate-donald-trump&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3525x3525+1019+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2Fc7%2Fa43d349a4c82a07f776567676443%2Fgettyimages-2170589915.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3525x3525+1019+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2Fc7%2Fa43d349a4c82a07f776567676443%2Fgettyimages-2170589915.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3525x3525+1019+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2Fc7%2Fa43d349a4c82a07f776567676443%2Fgettyimages-2170589915.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3525x3525+1019+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2Fc7%2Fa43d349a4c82a07f776567676443%2Fgettyimages-2170589915.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3525x3525+1019+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2Fc7%2Fa43d349a4c82a07f776567676443%2Fgettyimages-2170589915.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3525x3525+1019+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2Fc7%2Fa43d349a4c82a07f776567676443%2Fgettyimages-2170589915.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3525x3525+1019+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2Fc7%2Fa43d349a4c82a07f776567676443%2Fgettyimages-2170589915.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3525x3525+1019+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2Fc7%2Fa43d349a4c82a07f776567676443%2Fgettyimages-2170589915.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Kamala Harris speaks at a watch party after the presidential debate on Tuesday night.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5135686-104\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Vance and Walz are both gun owners, but that\u2019s largely where their similarities on guns end. Vance, who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20240722\/trump-s-running-mate-jd-vance-is-a-true-second-amendment-champion\"><u>applauded by the NRA<\/u><\/a>, has called reforms like expanding background checks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gejnUZam_Yo\"><u>\u201cgimmick,\u201d<\/u><\/a> and bans on bump stocks, which allow a gun to fire nearly at machine gun speed, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/sen-jacky-rosen-erupts-sen-jd-vances-bump-stock-comments-rcna157646\"><u>\u201chuge distraction.\u201d<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walz has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2024\/08\/14\/walz-nra-guns-policy-track-record-minnesota\"><u>signed gun control laws<\/u><\/a> as governor in Minnesota, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2023\/12\/28\/red-flag-gun-removal-orders-become-new-option-in-minnesota-in-2024\"><u>a red-flag law<\/u><\/a> and another bill that strengthened the punishment for giving guns to people who can\u2019t legally possess them.<\/p>\n<p>There is evidence that gun control laws, particularly red-flag laws, work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/05\/29\/1101973246\/do-red-flag-laws-work#:~:text=And%20when%20it%20comes%20to,number%20of%20suicides%20by%20one\"><u>Researchers at the Violence Prevention Research Program<\/u><\/a> at the University of California, Davis, found that suicides, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everytown.org\/issues\/gun-suicide\/\"><u>account for the majority of gun deaths<\/u><\/a>, decrease when red-flags are issued. <\/p>\n<p>Conversely, research shows that laws that loosen gun restrictions, like right-to-carry laws, appear to result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/system\/files\/working_papers\/w30190\/w30190.pdf\"><u>more violent crimes<\/u><\/a> involving firearms, <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/aje\/article\/192\/3\/342\/6698676?login=false\"><u>more firearm assaults<\/u><\/a>, more <a href=\"https:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/10.2105\/AJPH.2019.305307\"><u>workplace homicides<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35536393\/\"><u>more police shootings<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Watch NPR&#8217;s post-debate analysis, with Asma Khalid, Susan Davis, Tamara Keith and Stephen Fowler.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/01\/nx-s1-5135686\/tim-walz-son-gus-shooting-jd-vance-debate-2024\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Walz celebrates with his son Gus Walz at the Democratic National Convention. 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