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CoastLine: Gun Rights Or Gun Law Reform With Judy And Pete

U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Elliott Sprehe
A rifle and handgun lay next to their magazines at the base shooting range.

The debate on firearms continues at the local, state, and national levels. As informed citizens, we look for debates based on logic and reason; but with more polarizing issues, it’s worth taking a look at the personal experiences that influence perceptions and resulting policy positions.   

On this edition of CoastLine, we welcome two guests to the mic, one at a time, to express their position on the gun rights or reform issue – and secondly, to let us into their world a little bit.  We explore their life experiences, some of the defining moments of their lives, and hopefully, by the end of the conversation – we understand a little more deeply why they have the gun policy position that they do.

Guests: 

Segment 1:  Judy McKnight, served in the U.S. Army, former corrections officer, and had a son, William, shot and killed in Wilmington in 2002

Segment 2:  Pete Olsen, former Marine, longtime member of the National Rifle Association, former WHQR Commentator

Rachel is a graduate of UNCW's Master of Public Administration program, specializing in Urban and Regional Policy and Planning. She also received a Master of Education and two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and French Language & Literature from NC State University. She served as WHQR's News Fellow from 2017-2019. Contact her by email: rkeith@whqr.org or on Twitter @RachelKWHQR
Rachel hosts and produces CoastLine, an award-winning hourlong conversation featuring artists, humanitarians, scholars, and innovators in North Carolina. The show airs Wednesdays at noon and Sundays at 4 pm on 91.3 FM WHQR Public Media. It's also available as a podcast; just search CoastLine WHQR. You can reach her at rachellh@whqr.org.