Former Brady Campaign head to discuss gun control impasse at Newsmaker Oct. 18

Paul Helmke, former president and CEO of the Brady Campaign/Center to Prevent Gun Violence, will address the political impasse over national efforts to reduce gun violence at a National Press Newsmaker event Friday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m. in the Bloomberg Room.

Helmke - also former president & CEO of the Brady Campaign/Center to Prevent Gun Violence, former Republican Mayor of Fort Wayne, Ind., former GOP nominee for U.S. Senate and currently a professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs -- will discuss specific proposals intended to break the impasse on the controversial issue.

After the Newtown massacre last December, many analysts expected progress at the national level on efforts to reduce gun violence. In April, however, the U. S. Senate failed to advance any gun legislation. Even with the recent shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, most now see little chance for change on this issue.