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    <title>Tony Katz Today - Episodes Tagged with “Firearms”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Tony Katz Today airs from 12-3pmET.
What are we talking about? Politics, breaking news, political theory, art, the markets, food, libations and what ever else may come to mind.
The program is fast-paced, upbeat, funny, thoughtful and topical.
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    <itunes:subtitle>The Official Podcast for Tony Katz Today</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Tony Katz</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Tony Katz Today airs from 12-3pmET.
What are we talking about? Politics, breaking news, political theory, art, the markets, food, libations and what ever else may come to mind.
The program is fast-paced, upbeat, funny, thoughtful and topical.
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  <title>Tony Katz Teaches Sen. Cory Booker How To Properly Answer A Question About The Second Amendment Without Fear Mongering</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>A woman at a Sen. Cory Booker town hall says she feels she's not free in America because of guns. Sen. Booker wants her to be afraid. Tony Katz has a better answer for her.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;At a town hall featuring presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, a woman named Rachel asked him about guns, claiming that she is not free because she has to fear gun violence in schools and places of worship.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sen. Booker's response was one of codifying her fear, and declaring that he will take the fight to the NRA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tony Katz goes about answering the question. Instead of telling Rachel that she should be afraid, Tony gives her a better way to look at her life, to turn her fear into empowement and the opportunities she has to control her destiny.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; If you want a society that can guarantee your safety, you will never have freedom. Government can not guarantee security. The American citizen is the first line, and the last line, of defense. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>At a town hall featuring presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, a woman named Rachel asked him about guns, claiming that she is not free because she has to fear gun violence in schools and places of worship.</p>

<p>Sen. Booker&#39;s response was one of codifying her fear, and declaring that he will take the fight to the NRA.</p>

<p>Tony Katz goes about answering the question. Instead of telling Rachel that she should be afraid, Tony gives her a better way to look at her life, to turn her fear into empowement and the opportunities she has to control her destiny.</p>

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<p>If you want a society that can guarantee your safety, you will never have freedom. Government can not guarantee security. The American citizen is the first line, and the last line, of defense.</p>
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    <![CDATA[<p>At a town hall featuring presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, a woman named Rachel asked him about guns, claiming that she is not free because she has to fear gun violence in schools and places of worship.</p>

<p>Sen. Booker&#39;s response was one of codifying her fear, and declaring that he will take the fight to the NRA.</p>

<p>Tony Katz goes about answering the question. Instead of telling Rachel that she should be afraid, Tony gives her a better way to look at her life, to turn her fear into empowement and the opportunities she has to control her destiny.</p>

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<p>If you want a society that can guarantee your safety, you will never have freedom. Government can not guarantee security. The American citizen is the first line, and the last line, of defense.</p>
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  <title>Ocasio-Cortez Tries To Insert Herself Into Hoosier School Safety Debate</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Tony Katz</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Tony Katz addresses Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attempting to insert herself into Indiana politics and a discussion about school safety.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>5:50</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has inserted herself into a school safety debate in Indiana. Training for active shooter situations has received press in the Hoosier state as teachers say they were shot at with pellet guns by police officers during the drills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://facebook.com/tonykatzradio" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Tony Katz&lt;/a&gt; agrees: shooting the teachers is ridiculous. However, the commentary and ham-fisted argument of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on school safety - that it is not necessary to train teachers and students for active shooter situations if we had, among other things, universal background checks and safe storage laws - is not just wrong, it's ugly and dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Can't you (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez) stop just for a moment?" says Tony. "We're talking about the lives of children. Why is it that you're ok with children and teachers not being trained to deal with problematic, dangerous situations?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has inserted herself into a school safety debate in Indiana. Training for active shooter situations has received press in the Hoosier state as teachers say they were shot at with pellet guns by police officers during the drills.</p>

<p><a href="http://facebook.com/tonykatzradio" rel="nofollow">Tony Katz</a> agrees: shooting the teachers is ridiculous. However, the commentary and ham-fisted argument of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on school safety - that it is not necessary to train teachers and students for active shooter situations if we had, among other things, universal background checks and safe storage laws - is not just wrong, it&#39;s ugly and dangerous.</p>

<p>&quot;Can&#39;t you (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez) stop just for a moment?&quot; says Tony. &quot;We&#39;re talking about the lives of children. Why is it that you&#39;re ok with children and teachers not being trained to deal with problematic, dangerous situations?&quot;</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has inserted herself into a school safety debate in Indiana. Training for active shooter situations has received press in the Hoosier state as teachers say they were shot at with pellet guns by police officers during the drills.</p>

<p><a href="http://facebook.com/tonykatzradio" rel="nofollow">Tony Katz</a> agrees: shooting the teachers is ridiculous. However, the commentary and ham-fisted argument of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on school safety - that it is not necessary to train teachers and students for active shooter situations if we had, among other things, universal background checks and safe storage laws - is not just wrong, it&#39;s ugly and dangerous.</p>

<p>&quot;Can&#39;t you (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez) stop just for a moment?&quot; says Tony. &quot;We&#39;re talking about the lives of children. Why is it that you&#39;re ok with children and teachers not being trained to deal with problematic, dangerous situations?&quot;</p>]]>
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