Produced by ‘First Person’ Any day now, the Supreme Court will rule on a case that could dramatically expand gun rights in the United States. The …
Produced by ‘First Person’
Any day now, the Supreme Court will rule on a case that could dramatically expand gun rights in the United States. The case is, unsurprisingly, backed by the National Rifle Association. But it has also generated support from typically liberal public defenders, like Sharone Mitchell Jr.
[You can listen to this episode of “First Person” on Apple, Spotify or Google or wherever you get your podcasts.]
Mitchell is the public defender for Cook County, which includes Chicago — a city with some of the strictest gun laws in the country. Growing up on the South Side, Mitchell was raised to believe that guns are dangerous and harmful, and that was reinforced by his experiences as a public defender and gun control advocate. But those experiences have also led him to believe that gun permitting laws are harmful.
(A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)
Credit…edwardolive, via Getty Images
“First Person” is produced by Derek Arthur, Christina Djossa, Jason Pagano, Cristal Duhaime, Olivia Natt and Courtney Stein. The show is edited by Kaari Pitkin, Stephanie Joyce and Lisa Tobin. Original scoring by Isaac Jones, Pat McCusker and Carole Sabouraud. Mixing by Isaac Jones. Fact-checking by Mary Marge Locker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta, with editorial support from Kristina Samulewski. The executive producer of Opinion Audio is Irene Noguchi, and the director of New York Times Audio is Paula Szuchman. Fact-checking help this week from Will Peischel.
