The Search For Common Ground On Guns

By Brian Ellison,

Matt Hodapp

Published April 24, 2018 at 12:51 PM CDT

Statehouse Blend Missouri crowd — A crowd of more than 75 people filled the Buffalo Room at Westport Flea Market in Kansas City for a live taping of Statehouse Blend Missouri on April 19.

As students rally nationwide for more gun regulation, Missouri legislators are considering — and advancing — several bills to make firearms more legal, for more people, in more places. What underlies the enduring, and seemingly intractable, divide on gun laws in Missouri?

Host Brian Ellison welcomed Rep. Jon Carpenter (left) and Rep. T.J. Berry for a live taping of Statehouse Blend Missouri.

Host Brian Ellison welcomed Rep. T.J. Berry, a Kearney Republican, and Rep. Jon Carpenter, a Gladstone Democrat, and an audience of 75 for a live taping of the podcast April 19 in Kansas City.

Music used in this episode: Warming Evening by Nameless Dancers; Rally, The Telling and On Belay by Blue Dot Sessions

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Brian Ellison

As a host and contributor at KCUR, I seek to create a more informed citizenry and richer community. I want to enlighten and inspire our audience by delivering the information they need with accuracy and urgency, clarifying what’s complicated and teasing out the complexities of what seems simple. I work to craft conversations that reveal realities in our midst and model civil discourse in a divided world. Follow me on Twitter @ptsbrian or email me at brian@kcur.org.

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