OSWEGO, NY – On Monday March 26th, the last Oz Speaks of the Spring 2018 semester was a panel discussion on gun control. The panel included Executive Director of Gun Owners of America Erich Pratt, Director of the Counseling Services Center Katherine Wolfe-Lyga, Regional Coordinator of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Gary and was moderated by Associate Professor of Public Justice Jaclyn Schildkrau.
This panel comes at opportune time in the wake of the Parkland shooting last month and those students organizing the March for Our Lives protest this past weekend.
“What I hope [students] get out of it is that they take the things they heard from especially what Erich and I said today and I hope that they go back and do their research,” Pudup said. “I hope they really do that so when they form an opinion it is based on their research and not just based on what I said or what [Pratt] said.”
After the panel discussion was over, the floor was open to give students the opportunity to ask the panelists questions and share their own opinions.
“I know people who have actually used guns in self defense,” Pratt said. “We protect our president with guns, we protect the Congress with guns but then at schools we put up a sign that ‘NO GUNS ALLOWED’ and that’s not working to keep people safe.”
For more on information on the next Oz Speaks event in the Fall 2018 semester go to the SUNY Oswego Events page at oswego.edu/calendar.
