It's something no mother ever wants to hear — "don't do it Daddy, don't shoot Mommy!" And yet, it's what Kate Ranta heard on November 2, 2012. Today, she joins JJ and JP in studio to talk about her new autobiography, "Killing Kate: A Story of Turning Abuse and Tragedy into Transformation and Triumph," becoming a domestic violence and gun violence prevention activist, raising two amazing boys, and what she'd like to see change in the U.S.

• “Beyond Bullet Wounds: Guns in the Hands of Domestic Abusers,” Brady, July 12, 2019
• “What Are Extreme Risk Laws?” Brady, June 26, 2019
• “America's Gun Violence Epidemic: Kate Ranta,” Rolling Stone. Accessed October 22, 2019
• “Firearms & DV,” the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Accessed October 22, 2019
• “Guns and Violence Against Women” EverytownResearch.org. Accessed October 22, 2019
• Ranta, Kate. "KILLING KATE: a Story of How Abuse and Tragedy Became Triumph and Transformation" S.l.: PERSONAL POWER PR, 2019