Student Loan Debt, Responsible Gun Ownership, The Line

This week on New Mexico in Focus, producer Sarah Gustavus looks at how the burden of student loan debt is impacting recent graduates and families. She sits down with a student who has taken on debt to continue his education at UNM, an investment advisor and a local journalist who covers higher education.

During the month of June, New Mexico in Focus will look at different angles on gun ownership. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland leads a discussion this week on what responsible gun ownership looks like to people with different perspectives on guns.

Host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists discuss former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson winning the Libertarian presidential nomination. The Line panel also looks at recent developments in the SNAP benefits hearings and the possibility of increasing public financing for the Albuquerque mayoral race.

Guests:
Adrian Faustine, graduate student in the UNM Anderson School of Management
Susan Morrison, Q Financial Planning
Chris Quintana, reporter for the Albuquerque Journal
Dawn Amdor, Firearms Instructor
Owen Brown, Teacher, Gun Owner
Misty Miller, CEO, Single Action Shooting Society
Miranda Viscoli, Co-President, New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence

Line Panelists:
Eddy Aragon, CEO,The Rock of Talk, Fox News ABQ 95.9 FM
Marsha Garcia, Strategies 360
Tom Garrity, Garrity Group PR
Viki Harrison, Common Cause New Mexico

Correspondents:
Sarah Gustavus
Gwyneth Doland

Host:
Gene Grant

The Producer of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is Sarah Gustavus. Associate Producer is Kathy Wimmer. Funding for this program was provided in part by the McCune Foundation Communications Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation.

Episode 948 airs June 3, 2016 at 7:00pm on Ch.5.1