{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6961268923ce58f14615840d/696127d888da0c07c1ade64b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Gun Bills in Virginia Always Die","description":"<p>Before Chris Hurst was a legislator in Virginia’s House of Delegates, he was a local news anchor. Working out of the same newsroom as his then-girlfriend, Alison Parker. Alison was tragically shot and killed on live TV alongside her colleague Adam Ward nearly four years ago. In the years that followed Chris has been a proponent of gun control in a state that is reluctant to change its gun laws. In the wake of the mass shooting at Virginia Beach on May 31, Virginia’s democratic governor called for a special legislative session to consider new gun laws in the state, but will the Republican Legislature rise to the occasion? </p><p>Guest: Chris Hurst, delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates for the state's 12th District.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}