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PODCAST: Nevada’s Gun Background Check Initiative

By: Bob Conrad

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What are the pros and cons to Question 1, the gun background check ballot initiative? We sat down with Dr. Nancy Brune of the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities to find out. The Guinn Center is a non-partisan policy think tank that does not take a position on policy issues.

Also in this episidode:

  • One thing you can do to help homeless youth in our area
  • A preview of the Offbeat Fest
  • A documentary and preview of Invisible Girl, and
  • The one family thriller of an event you should attend on Saturday.

Listen below.

 

Bob Conrad
Bob Conradhttp://thisisreno.com
Bob Conrad is publisher, editor and co-founder of This Is Reno. He has served in communications positions for various state agencies and earned a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2011. He is also a part time instructor at UNR.

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