RJ Politics talks gun safety forum, domestic violence changes — PODCAST

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’ Rourke takes the stage during the 2020 presidential gun safety forum at The Enclave in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

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This week’s episode of RJ Politics focused on the March for Our Lives/Giffords gun violence forum featuring nine of the top Democratic presidential candidates.

Politics reporter Rory Appleton and politics and government editor Steve Sebelius discuss the forum and the greater issue of gun control as a political goal. They also talk about a recent Nevada Supreme Court decision that sent municipal courts handling domestic violence cases into a spiral.

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