Shannon Watts on the Personal and Societal Toll of Gun Violence in America

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Shannon Watts on the Personal and Societal Toll of Gun Violence in America

Dr. Lucy McBride

Oct 10, 2022

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This week, we go BEYOND THE PRESCRIPTION with Shannon Watts, the founder of the largest gun violence prevention organizations in the US: MOMS DEMAND ACTION.

Dr. McBride and Shannon Watts talk about the 2012 Newtown Connecticut massacre that prompted the founding of her organization, what it's like to be targeted as the face of the movement, and how it has affected her emotional health. They discuss the impact of everyday gun violence in Black America. They address the harms of active shooter drills; the false dichotomies in the debate about gun violence in America, and the relationship between mental illness and violence.

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Each week, Dr. Lucy McBride talks with her guests like she does her patients — pulling the curtain back on what it means to be healthy, connecting the dots between mental and physical health. To Dr. McBride, health is about more than the absence of disease. Health is a process, not an outcome. It's about having awareness of our medical facts, acceptance of the things we cannot control, and agency over what we can change.

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