{"id":40174,"date":"2014-06-02T09:48:39","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=40174"},"modified":"2014-06-02T09:48:39","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:48:39","slug":"in-the-wake-of-isla-vista-massacre-a-look-at-the-debate-over-gun-rights-vs-rights-of-mentally-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2014\/06\/02\/in-the-wake-of-isla-vista-massacre-a-look-at-the-debate-over-gun-rights-vs-rights-of-mentally-ill\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Wake of Isla Vista Massacre, A Look at the Debate Over Gun Rights Vs. Rights of Mentally Ill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20140602Uprising\/2014_06_02_guns.mp3\">Listen to this segment with Adam Winkler <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20140602Uprising\/2014_06_02_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program with Host Sonali Kolhatkar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/illegal_guns.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Existing legislation to make it harder for people with mental illness to be able to purchase guns is being closely considered by California lawmakers. The massacre over a week ago of 6 people by a 22-year old man in Isla Vista has spurred a bill that has been likened to obtaining a restraining order in domestic violence cases. <\/p>\n<p>Elliot Rodger, who informed the online world of his decision to &#8220;slaughter&#8221; women because of a life of sexual rejection, was able to legally purchase guns even though he had been receiving some form of mental health counseling from a very young age. Rodger&#8217;s mother even alerted authorities after he began posting disturbing videos online but to no avail. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Michael Martinez &#8211; the father of one of the victims &#8211; made an impassioned plea for gun control and embraced the rallying cry of &#8220;Not One More.&#8221; While it is possible that the Isla Vista massacre may make California&#8217;s already relatively strict gun laws stronger, gun control legislation is notoriously hard to get passed. And, Governor Jerry Brown, whose signature is needed for any law to pass, is a proud gun owner himself. <\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Adam Winkler is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law. He specializes in constitutional law. His 2011 book was called Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Existing legislation to make it harder for people with mental illness to be able to purchase guns is being closely considered by California lawmakers. The massacre over a week ago of 6 people by a 22-year old man in Isla Vista has spurred a bill that has been likened to obtaining a restraining order in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40186,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40174\/revisions\/40186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}