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Can we talk about one of the most contentious and challenging topics in American politics? One that touches on some of our most basic concerns and aspirations about life in a free society? The Deliberative Citizenship Initiative, Center for Political Engagement and Political Science Department believe we can and we must at least try to do so, in the hope that we will come to a greater understanding and create the foundation for sustained progress on this issue.

We therefore cordially invite you to join us for a Deliberative Forum on Guns inAmerica: How Should We Balance Concerns about Gun Rights and Gun Risks? It is being held on Tuesday, April 2 from 7 pm to 9 pm in the Lilly Gallery and online.

• The Forum will begin with a panel of advocates and experts with different views on this topic who will explore their areas of agreement and disagreement about the costs and benefits of different approaches to gun rights, gun regulations and gun violence.
• Panelists include Shannon Klug (Former Air Force Colonel with Moms Demand Action, Be SMART and Everytown Veterans Advisory Council), Philip Smith (President of the National African Americans Gun Association), Ray Nothstine (Future of Freedom Fellow and Senior Editor at a non-profit focusing on state level policy and former Second Amendment Research Fellow at the John Locke Foundation) and Dominic Erdozain (Research Fellow at Emory University and author of One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts our Culture and Threatens our Democracy).
• The panel will be moderated by Dan Aldridge, Professor of History, Chair of Africana Studies and former DCI Deliberative Pedagogy (DeeP) Faculty Fellow.
• Following the panel discussion, both online and in-person forum attendees will have the opportunity to deliberate about the topic among themselves, guided by the DCI’s trained facilitators.

Find out more about the event, learn about our panelists’ backgrounds and sign up to attend the forum by March 28 through this link. Virtual and in-person registration options are available. We hope you can join us!