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Aurora

Firefighters pay their respects at a memorial for shooting victims near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dec. 15, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. (Jason DeCrow/AP Photo)

Obama meets police chiefs of mass shooting scenes

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama was meeting on Monday with police chiefs from the three U.S. communities that saw the worst mass shootings of 2012...
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Ann Coulter on gun violence: 'It's a demographic problem'

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theGRIO REPORT - Right wing pundit Ann Coulter has ignited another racial firestorm with her incendiary remarks on gun violence in America...
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Sharing a name with an accused mass murderer has made life tough for one Aurora, Colorado man.

The other James Holmes, not the Aurora theater shooter

Jeremy Jojola
VIDEO - A man who shares the same name as the Aurora theater shooting suspect says he was the target of online harassment and has lost clients at work since the incident...
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Billboard links Obama to alleged killer

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An anti-Obama advocacy group based in Idaho has decided to co-opt the image of the infamous Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes in order to attack the president...
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Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, center, looks at the memorial across from the movie theater, Wednesday, July 25, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House: Obama not seeking new gun laws

Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as the issue of guns shifts to the forefront of the presidential campaign, the White House and the Senate's top Democrat made it clear Thursday that new gun legislation will not be on the political agenda this year...
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AURORA, CO - JULY 26: Civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson (2nd R) speaks during a news conference outside of the apartment building where accused murderer James Holmes lived July 26, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado. James Eagan Holmes, 24, is accused of killing 12 people at a screening of the new 'The Dark Knight Rises' film July 20, at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

Rev. Jesse Jackson to visit Aurora victims

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AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is visiting Aurora to meet with theater shooting victims and renew his call for a ban on assault weapons...
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President Barack Obama addresses the National Urban League convention at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama kicks off unofficial gun control debate at Urban League

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Why, activists ask, hasn’t there been as much attention paid to Chicago’s crime issue nationally--the president’s hometown?...
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Lil Wayne in 'My Homies Still'

Lil Wayne vid draws comparisons to theater shooting

Kyle Harvey
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Lil Wayne is amid some controversy that seems to be more of an issue of bad timing than a cause for concern...
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Accused movie theater shooter James Holmes makes his first court appearance at the Arapahoe County on July 23, 2012 in Centennial, Colorado.(Photo by RJ Sangosti-Pool/Getty Images)

Why isn't James Holmes deemed a 'terrorist'?

David Leonard
OPINION - In less than 36 hours, we’ve learned a lot about James Holmes, the alleged shooter in Aurora, Colorado...
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Thousands of people gather for a prayer vigil for the victims of Friday's movie theater mass shooting at the Aurora Municipal Center July 22, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado. Suspect James Holmes, 24, allegedly went on a shooting spree and killed 12 people and injured 59 during an early morning screening of 'The Dark Knight Rises.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Are we wasting a chance to get real on guns?

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - In the wake of the horrific tragedy in Aurora, Colorado the conventional wisdom is that there cannot be a debate over stricter gun control laws...
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