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Moms Who Can’t Attend to Participate in Local and Virtual Gatherings (Indianapolis, IN) One Million Moms for Gun Control announced today that it would sponsor and co-sponsor several major events in January to demand action on common-sense gun control…

The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the nation’s gun violence than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, according to multiple people involved in the administration’s discussions.

Maybe, by coming together, we can focus attention on the need for better access to mental health services; challenge the notion that owning semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines is inscribed in the Constitution and rally elected officials on both…

Moms Who Can’t Make it to the Beltway to March Locally (Indianapolis, IN) One Million Moms for Gun Control announced today that it will co-sponsor the March on Washington for Gun Control in Washington, DC, on Sat., Jan…

In the tradition of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving the One Million Moms Movement for Gun Control is raising its voice to put a stop to gun violence across America, including right here in northeast Ohio. — Lisa…

As guns proliferate, legally and illegally, innocent people often seem more terrorized than protected. ©2013 By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, The New York Times IN the wake of the tragic shooting deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary School in…

The United States has the dubious distinction of leading high-income countries in firearm homicides, suicides and unintentional deaths among young people. By JANE E. BRODY I doubt that our forebears who ratified the Second Amendment in 1791 ever…

The age of the children, and the fact that I have a child that’s school age, really just hit home to me, knowing that could have been my daughter (at Sandy Hook Elementary School in CT) ……

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS and REUTERS REPORTER An antique gun show went ahead as planned on Saturday 40 miles from the site of the December 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, even…

We do not want our schools to feel like prisons. We want our schools to feel like nurturing, safe environments. What is next? Are they going to put armed guards at Disney World? We don’t think more guns is the…

As a lifetime resident of Fairfield County, the same county as Newtown, I believe it is too soon for a gun show to be held so close to Sandy Hook. We are still under the microscope of the media, our…

©2013 By RAVI SOMAIYA, The New York Times Four people, including a gunman who was suspected of taking hostages inside a house in Aurora, Colo, died Saturday after astandoff with the police, the authorities said. The…

The majority of Mothers of America made a promise after Newtown that we would not move on again from another mass shooting without action. We must join together to say that this is not acceptable: not in this community, and…

Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia told The Stamford Advocate that event planners should be “sensitive” to the timing of the show. Waterbury, CT’s police chief has halted permits for gun shows, saying he’s concerned a firearm purchased in his city might…

California teachers who are horrified to know that some of their pension funds may have been given to the NRA should ask CalSTRS to demand that Cerberus disclose all politically-related contributions and sponsorships … — Richard Robbins…

The Freedom Group’s…

You’d think that if a congresswoman got shot in the head, that would have changed Congress’ views. — NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg ©2013 By Holly Bailey,…

“These devices (high-capacity ammunition magazines) are used to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time possible, and we owe it to innocent Americans everywhere to keep them out of the hands of dangerous people,”…

Gun rights defenders argue that gun laws don’t reduce violence, noting that many cities with high gun violence already have strict gun laws. But this ignores the ease with which urban residents can evade local laws by obtaining guns from…

As Vice President Joe Biden said during the 2008 campaign, “Barack Obama ain’t taking my shotguns, so don’t buy that malarkey.” By Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg.com Myth…

As pediatricians, we believe that children deserve a safe environment in which to grow and learn. These incidents are always horrific, but the fact that young children were the victims in this case makes us even more passionate about trying…

I am not free to behave as myself because of the killings. I am not free to walk on a street without fearing that someone might whip a firearm from inside a coat, or out of a purse. I am…

Other nations have successfully chosen to regulate guns and have reduced gun violence as a result. Why can’t we? — James Werrell ©2013 JAMES WERRELL The Rock Hill Herald Guns don’t kill people,…