27: A Weird, Sad, Not-So-Little Club
JJ is joined by Christian Heyne and Liz Dunning. Both Christian and Liz work at Brady, and both lost their mothers to gun violence. In this episode, we talk about how they deal with that loss, how they balance working in gun violence prevention, and what brought them to Brady.
JJ also talks about why you shouldn't shoot at alien lasers — no, really — and we thank a very special gun violence prevention hero.
Liz Dunning with her mom, mother Nancy Dunning. Nancy was 53 when she was shot and killed in broad daylight inside her home on in 2003.
Christian Heyne with his mom, Jan. Christian and his father founded a local chapter of Brady after his mom was killed on Memorial Day 2005.
Links & Mentions
- Dunning, Liz. “After My Mom's Murder I Thought I'd Never Run a Marathon Again. Here's Why I Did.” Runner's World. Runner's World, June 11, 2019.
- “End Family Fire.” Brady. Accessed December 2, 2019.
- “Longtime Gun Violence Prevention Advocate and Survivor to Lead Policy...” Brady. Accessed December 2, 2019.
- “Run Lizzie Run.” Run Lizzie Run. Accessed December 2, 2019.
- Stevens, Bob, and Sam Ruckhardt. “Prison Sentence for Man Who Shot at Fireflies He Thought Were 'Alien Lasers'.” WNEP.com, April 16, 2019.
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