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Tawana Bourne is accused of brandishing a handgun at Chuck E. Cheese. (NBC Connecticut)

Cops: Woman pulls gun at Chuck E Cheese

NBC Connecticut
NBC CONNECTICUT - Police said Tawana Bourne, 30, of Middletown, was at the restaurant with her child around 8 p.m. and got into an argument with another woman, who was also with a child, police said...
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The Rev. James A. Forbes Jr. is interviewed before a sermon at Newtown Congregational Church in Newtown, Conn., Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Forbes, who led one of the country’s most prominent liberal Protestant churches, is speaking in Newtown to honor the victims of last month’s school shooting and the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Minister tells Newtown: MLK's words 'needed now'

Debbi Morello, Associated Press
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The Rev. James A. Forbes Jr., the first black minister to lead New York's historic Riverside Church, spoke Sunday night at the Newtown Congregational Church in a service honoring King and the school shooting victims...
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Joined by children who wrote letters to the White House about gun violence, U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden announce the administration's new gun law proposals in the Eisenhower Executive Office building January 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. One month after a massacre that left 20 school children and 6 adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, the president unveiled a package of gun control proposals that include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama unveils new gun violence package

Associated Press
(AP) - President Barack Obama will unveil proposals Wednesday to curb gun violence, his response to the December massacre of 26 students and teachers at their elementary school in Newtown, Conn...
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, speaks during a news conference announcing an agreement with legislative leaders on New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in the Red Room at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Also pictured are Secretary to the Governor Larry Schwartz, left, and Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Obama gets gun violence proposals; NY to pass ban

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama could reveal the details of how the U.S. will address gun violence as early as Wednesday, while New York's lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation...
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraces Janina Kaczowka, mother of slain West Webster firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka, after presenting her with a state flag during his third State of the State address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Kaczwoka was shot while responding to an early-morning fire in Webster, N.Y. on Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

NY poised to be 1st to pass post-Newtown massacre gun bill

Michael Gormley, Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A key New York Senate leader and the Assembly speaker said they expect the state Legislature to vote Monday...
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Florida gun range offers teachers free training in wake of Newtown massacre.

Teachers taking aim post-Newtown

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VIDEO - In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting tragedy and talk of the possible tightening of gun laws, more Palm Beach County, Florida teachers are signing up to potentially 'pack heat.'..
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Common (Now with Alex Wagner)

Common on guns and black families

Marquise Francis
VIDEO - Rapper Common joined a panel discussion Tuesday on the show Now with Alex Wagner in order to discuss poverty and gun violence in America...
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: A table of illegal firearms confiscated in a large weapons bust in East Harlem are on display at a press conference on October 12, 2012 in New York City. NYPD detectives arrested 13 suspects for the illegal sale of 129 guns mostly purchased from gun dealers and pawn shops in South Carolina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NY Gov. Cuomo to propose assault weapon ban

Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his sky-high popularity into his third year with an agenda to ban assault weapons, raise the minimum wage and revive the still-slow economic recovery...
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A sign for Chalk Hill School is seen in Monroe, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. School resumes Wednesday for students in Newtown, Conn., except for the Sandy Hook Elementary School students, who will begin classes on Thursday at Chalk Hill School. The school was overhauled specially for them in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Sandy Hook kids face 1st classes since shooting

Dave Collins, Associated Press
MONROE, Conn. (AP) - Classes are resuming for Sandy Hook Elementary School students for the first time since last month's shooting that killed 20 children and six educators...
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: A table of illegal firearms confiscated in a large weapons bust in East Harlem are on display at a press conference on October 12, 2012 in New York City. NYPD detectives arrested 13 suspects for the illegal sale of 129 guns mostly purchased from gun dealers and pawn shops in South Carolina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NY newspaper's handgun permit map draws criticism

Eileen AJ Connelly, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A newspaper's publication of the names and addresses of handgun permit holders in two New York counties has sparked online discussions — and a healthy dose of outrage...
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