RADIO GAG - The Gays Against Guns Show

Why can’t we have an assault weapons ban? Assault weapons are used in most mass shootings that have killed and wounded terrifying numbers of people in public places. So why did our Congress allow the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 to expire in 2004? Why is it so difficult to get this ban passed on a Federal level when increasing numbers of innocent people and communities are terrorized with greater a...

Radio GAG speaks with NY State Senator Zellnor Myrie about the ways NY State’s gun regulations have already become models for gun safety laws in other states. The recent gun regulation reversal of NY’s concealed-carry law is affecting other states as well. Host Sarah Germain Lilly asks Senator Myrie about how future gun regulation rulings from the Supreme Court will impact the ways our leaders can...

We’ll be sharing the latest gun violence news of a dynamic that’s changing in America. We learned today MSNBC is stepping up their Gun Violence News coverage! Late to the party, MSNBC. Live and in person from WBAI studios Sarah Germain Lilly and Ti Cersley will go to the phones after the news because we want to hear from you!!! Call in at 212.209.2877 to talk to us live on the radio. If you’re sic...

Radio GAG is back after a short break with our Summer Shame episode. The show is all about the very big news in our national conversation about gun violence. We’ve had a Supreme Court ruling on New York State’s hand gun permit process. Our legislature has passed a number of new laws designed to keep us safer. Our federal government has passed bi-partisan gun reform legislation for the first time i...

Pride Equals Power when queer activism is engaged! This tumultuous week included the Federal Gun Reform Bill being signed into law, the Supreme Court trashing NY State’s hand gun permit law and the overturning of Roe V. Wade, a decision that impacts queer people and other groups because the right to privacy is central to our freedom and autonomy of our bodies. Commentary includes Barry Graubart, L...

Gun Violence and the passionate and righteous voices demanding change are right at the center of the American debate and this episode of Radio GAG. We are in the middle of Gay Pride Month, marking the six-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shootings in Orlando Florida that killed 49 people and birthed Gays Against Guns. What better time to celebrate our activism than "Juneteenth," 6/19/22 wit...

Teachers Talk about Gun Violence. Radio GAG Producer Sarah Germain Lilly brings together her teacher colleagues from around the US to talk about their views on children's safety, gun violence and solutions to end the epidemic. Teachers have been directly affected by the rise in school shootings and the context of violence we live in. We'll hear views from NYC, Oklahoma, and Florida. Each teacher s...

The State of New York part 2 is a round table of gun violence prevention activists sharing their views on gun violence in our region. Tune in for a report back from GAG's action, Stop the Presses! On Saturday May 21st, GAG took to the streets and shamed local and national media for ignoring the upcoming Supreme Court case set to dissolve NY state's gun safety laws. Dressed as Newsies, Gaggers pass...

“The State of New York” a round table of gun violence prevention activists sharing their views on gun violence in our region. The urgency in the discussion is both the rising incidence of gun violence in our state and the pending Supreme Court decision on whether the Second Amendment should restrict the legal process on issuing handgun permits. Tune in for recent coverage on the horrific racist ma...

On Radio GAG this week producer Ti Cersley shares his experience with suicide prevention training in the military. Rates of gun suicide are particularly high among former and current military members; there are steps that can be taken to address this challenge. We talk with senior policy analyst for Gun Violence Prevention at American Progress, Marissa Edmund about Gun Suicides Among Former and Cu...

Brooklyn’s subway shooting on 4.12.22 was a frightening example of domestic terrorism. A deranged man advertised his insanity and completed a cross country trip ending in a local subway station and firing into a subway car during rush hour. Radio GAG producers Sarah Germain Lilly and Ti Cersley share their thoughts about the incident and the larger implications of domestic terror, the dangers of l...

“Toxic Masculinity”- On Radio GAG this week host Ti Cersley talks with Paige Tetens from Everytown for Gun Safety about the organization’s research on Misogyny, Extremism, and Gun Violence. We discuss men's idolization of mass shooters and how misogynists are radicalized online. In a report released earlier this year, their research has found that among the many reasons people purchase firearms, a...

On Radio GAG this week we talk with Director Michael Cotey, producer of Enough Plays to End Gun Violence, a nationwide project of play readings sponsored by the Dramatist' Guild. Michael explains the development of the project and what it hopes to do, while host Sarah Lilly includes voices from High School students in Brooklyn who are working to perform the plays in Ft. Greene. Brooklyn has seen s...

Radio GAG, the Gays Against Guns Show covers the State of the Union in the context of the American gun violence epidemic. Radio GAG news reports on the lawsuit against the NRA brought by NY Attorney General Leticia James and the growing pressure on the White House to move decisively against gun violence. Next we hear from Gays Against Guns in action, marching in the 'St. Pat’s for All' parade in S...

Ti Cersley speaks with Sara Knizhnic from Newtown Action Alliance joins the show to discuss her work on Ethan's law. As well as the Sandy Hook families recent settlement with Remington and CA Governor Newsom's new proposed law to allow private individuals to sue people who make, sell or distribute weapons banned in the state. In Memoriam- Christi Spicuzza, 38 years old, 2/10/22, Monroeville, Penns...

Radio GAG remembers the first GAG actions and campaigns and the impact on the conversation around gun violence prevention after the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla, that sparked the group’s founding. We review the events between then and now that have led to an unprecedented coalition of activists and elected officials united to end the epidemic of gun violence in our country. Now in acti...

Radio GAG team: Libby Edwards, Ti Cersley, and Sarah Germain Lilly speak with Sarah Lerner, a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who survived the shooting and edited an anthology of the survivor’s voices: Parkland Speaks. Parkland survivor Cat Tibbetts will outline what kind of activism she foresees as the pathway to end gun violence. Sarah Lerner, Abbey Clemments and Sari Beth Rosen...

A special broadcast featuring gun violence survivors demanding their right to be safe at school and in their lives. The Radio GAG team, Libby Edwards, Ti Cersley, and Sarah Germain Lilly speak with Sarah Lerner, a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who survived the shooting and edited an anthology of the survivor’s voices: Parkland Speaks. After hearing Parkland survivor Cat Tibbetts...

Inspiring and cogent, Jumaane Williams, our NYC Public Advocate, reacts to Biden's visit and breaks down Mayor Adams Blueprint to End Gun Violence and urges the city to ‘structuralize’ the plan by creating and funding structures that address the root causes of gun violence and reduce or eliminate the means to resort to it. Acknowledging the need for co-ordinated City , State and Federal responses...

Gun Violence Survivor’s Week falls on the first week of February. Sadly, deaths in the US surpass gun deaths in all other peer countries globally each year. Gun violence changes lives every single day—whether someone has witnessed an act of gun violence, been threatened or wounded with a gun, or had a loved one wounded or killed with a gun. That’s why we use the term ‘survivor’ as inclusive of any...

“I Heart NY State Gun Laws” Part 2 describes the impact of the upcoming SCOTUS ruling on New York State’s ability to issue gun permits and subsequently the public safety of New Yorkers. Jay W. Walker of Gays Against Guns explained the unique safety needs of New Yorkers in regards to concealed weapons in places like Time Square and the NYC subways. Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, a local church is fighting...

This week Radio GAG reports on the Jan 16th Press Conference in Time Square with State Senator Brad Hoylman and Representative Carolyn Maloney, as well as Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of Joaquin Oliver, who died in the Parkland shooting. “I Heart NY State Gun Laws” describes the impact of the upcoming SCOTUS ruling on New York State’s ability to issue gun permits and subsequently the public...

Radio GAG highlights the work of gun owners committed to gun safety. Giffords Gun Owners for Safety groups are organizing across the US. Radio GAG interviews Shannon Flores, gun owner and GVP activist and Kristin Song about the progress of Ethan’s Law. Topics include safe storage and host Ti Cersley shares rules about how weaponry is handled in the service and how the upcoming Supreme Court ruling...

45,000 more people will die from gun violence in 2022 in the USA unless we take action. Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of Joaquin Oliver, have been holding a vigil outside the White House this month to demand leadership from President Biden to reduce gun deaths. Radio GAG shares their goals and strategies in creating zero tolerance for gun violence in the U.S. Sarah Lerner, activist and teach...

Gun Violence is now the leading cause of death in children. Host Libby Edwards and guests Dr. Son Mun, from Moms Demand Action, NY and Devin Hughes of GVPedia talk statistics, common sense prevention and the need for Federal legislation in a country where 50% of gun owners leave their weapons unsecured and accessible to children in their home. We remember children who died of gun violence with the...