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December 20, 2012

In Newtown’s shadow, Chicago’s bleak gun toll goes on

NBC NEWS - The cost of gun violence is astonishingly high in Chicago, calculated in both deaths and bullet- battered…
December 20, 2012

What exactly Obama is proposing on gun control

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., obligates the nation to finally act…
December 19, 2012

On gun control, a new passion from Obama

theGRIO REPORT - The president showed a passion and urgency on the issue that suggested that he is eager to…
December 19, 2012

'Ted Nugent's Gun Country' not returning for new episodes on Discovery Channel

theGRIO REPORT - In light of the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, during which twenty children were killed,…
December 19, 2012

Obama presses for new gun policies after shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked an administration team to offer 'concrete proposals' on curbing gun violence…
December 19, 2012

Obama to announce task-force on gun control

theGRIO REPORT - White House officials say President Obama is likely to take a three-pronged approach on gun control over…
December 18, 2012

The NRA goes silent in midst of gun debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest U.S. gun-rights organization — typically outspoken, even after shooting deaths — has gone all but…
December 18, 2012

Will there be a post-Sandy Hook backlash to 'Django Unchained'?

Since the December 14th Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting political figures and activists have called for immediate action on gun
December 17, 2012

Victor Cruz honors 6-year-old Sandy Hook victim

theGRIO REPORT - In light of the horrible tragedy that shook the small town of Newtown, Connecticut, one NFL player…
December 17, 2012

Why gun control could pass now

ANALYSIS - Gun control advocates have urged bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines after all of the mass killings…
December 17, 2012

How the assault weapons ban has been assaulted

theGRIO REPORT - The recent massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut—the second worst school shooting in U.S.…
December 16, 2012

Michael Eric Dyson on 'Meet the Press': Address mental illness, but also guns

VIDEO - On 'Meet the Press' this week, Professor Michael Eric Dyson sparred with former Education Secretary Bill Bennett and…
December 16, 2012

Obama in Newtown: ‘We’re not doing enough’ to protect our kids

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and…
December 15, 2012

Sympathy over Connecticut school shooting stretches globe

LONDON (AP) - As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to…
December 14, 2012

Will Connecticut elementary school shooting push gun control back to forefront?

theGRIO REPORT - The shooting of nearly 30 people in a school in Connecticut has restarted the debate nationally over…
December 14, 2012

Obama calls for 'meaningful action' after Connecticut school shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) - A tearful President Barack Obama says the country's leaders must "take meaningful action" regardless of politics in…
December 12, 2012

Gun used in Colombus Circle murder linked to another shooting

theGRIO REPORT - The execution-style shooting of 31-year-old Brandon Woodard in Columbus Circle could be a familiar case of same…
December 7, 2012

Why black Americans should continue to bear arms

OPINION - I am still considered a target. In fact, no matter how old you become, being a black-American male,…
December 4, 2012

Florida parents, teachers and students hold ‘gun control’ forum

theGRIO REPORT - Parents, teachers and students at Palm Glades charter school came together tonight to talk openly about gun…
December 3, 2012

Bob Costas advocates for gun control at halftime

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - NBC broadcaster Bob Costas used his halftime segment on 'Sunday Night Football' to advocate for gun…