Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2013-01-23

Duration: 00:58:12

Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | School shootings | School safety and security | Gun Control | Mental Health | Mass shootings | Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre, Newtown, Conn., 2012

Contributors:

• Courtney, Beth Host
• Freeman, Craig Host
• Gautreaux, Kevin Producer
• Phares, Greg Interviewee
• Meche, Timothy Interviewee
• Udofa, Aniedi Interviewee
• Gleason, Mary Interviewee
• Machen, D.C. Interviewee
• Landry, Terry Interviewee
• Rhoads, Michael Speaker
• Hoffman, Bernice Speaker
• Smith, Bill Speaker
• Toodi, Uday Speaker
• Parker, Clay Speaker
• McBride, Kaye Speaker
• Wallace, Lynne Speaker
• Ambers, Ann Speaker
• Strohschein, Martha Speaker
• Williams, Polly Speaker
• Lehman, Robert Speaker
• Banks, Sherry Speaker
• Walls, Jan Speaker
• Strohschein, Steve Speaker
• Dickerson, Tiffany Speaker
• Williams, Hamp Speaker
• Edmonson, Mike Panelist
• Muller, Betty Panelist
• Riser, Neil Panelist
• Unglesby, Lewis Panelist

This episode of the series “Louisiana Public Square” from January 23, 2013, features Craig Freeman leading a discussion between the audience members and panelists on Louisiana’s response to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. A background report on the topic precedes the discussion. It includes interviews with: Greg Phares, firearms instructor; Timothy Meche, criminal defense attorney; Dr. Aniedi Udofa of the Capital Area Human Services District; Dr. Mary Gleason, co-director of Early Childhood Support and Services; Superintendent D.C. Machen of the Bossier Parish School District; and State Representative Terry Landry, the former superintendent of the Louisiana State Police. The audience members then discuss the possible causes of the school shooting in Newtown. A panel of experts then joins the audience to answer their questions. The panelists are: Colonel Mike Edmonson, the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police; Dr. Betty Muller, a child and adolescent psychologist; State Senator Neil Riser; and Lewis Unglesby, a criminal defense attorney. They discuss: the lessons Louisiana should learn from the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary; gun control, including the Obama Administration’s proposed ban on assault weapons; identifying children at risk for committing violence; the cuts to mental health services in Louisiana; and school safety. Hosts: Beth Courtney and Craig Freeman