adam skaggs, chief counsel at the giffords law center to prevent gun violence.hen we come back, we go to whos to speak to a woman sentenced to five years in prison for casting a ballot, not understanding texas law of what happens to people who have felony records. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "come meh way" by sudan archives. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman withth juan gogonzalez. juan: we end today's show with the shocking case of a texas woman sentenced to five years in prison for illegally voting, who could now have even more time added to her sentence. crystal mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting. in march, she was convicted of illegal voting, but says she did did not know that she was barred from casting a ballot in texas due to her criminal record. her supporters argue her conviction was racially biased and point to the case of terri lynn rote -- a white woman in iowa who was cononvicted

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in medicine known as a firm that's one of the groups that wants more research into gun violence adam skaggs is chief counsel at the giffords lost in churches prevent gun violence he joins us from new york craig deluce is director of legislative and public affairs at the firearms and policy coalition which advocates for gun rights in the u.s. he joins us from sacramento california and here in the studio is lawrence mcdaniel he is executive director of the national organization for. and he's also co-founder of the upcoming national march on the n.r.a. the national rifle association and that rally goes ahead on saturday welcome all of you to the stream and i want to start with a member of our community who heard we were doing this topic and tweeted in this this is dan a who says if something is dealt with as a public health issue that's not to say that it is just one more service that health professionals provide it is an approach to dealing with health issues google public health approach and you'll see issues like seat belt use bike helmets tobacco use megan that all sounds rational and reas