"seeking Justice" Live Radio Talk

Since our first beginnings as a nation, our culture has been shaped by cycles of violence. Even though there were periods of significant peace, a focus on our violent history paved a pattern of errors in reaction and formed a "tradition" that we have had a hard time overcoming. Dr. Mike Sistrom pointed out that the period between 1890 through the early 1900's marked an influential era of violent reaction that may have formed our 20th century patterns of gun violence.   Dr. Aqueil Ahmad discussed the history of use of guns in America. Both sides of the gun issue were brought forth, including the call by Retired Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens to throw out the 2nd Amendment all together. I highlighted that this may make for a unique science fiction story line.   We discussed how the American forms of media (movies, television, comics, video games) continue to believe that violence sells and seem to refuse to consider the impact that intricate storytelling could offer by way of discussing conflicts with