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July 1, 2013

Colts safety Joe Lefeged arrested on gun charge in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — Indianapolis Colts safety Joe Lefeged was arrested early Saturday after officers found a semi-automatic pistol in the…
July 1, 2013

Snoop Dogg and T.I. rally to end gun violence on 'No Guns Allowed' panel

theGRIO REPORT - Snoop Dogg and T.I. joined Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler and others on the 'No Guns Allowed'…
June 25, 2013

5-year-old shoots, kills self after mother locks her in home

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old girl fatally shot herself when her mother locked her inside their home…
June 19, 2013

Victim’s mother spends 20 years fighting police brutality

WASHINGTON - The mother of a man who was shot 14 times by police while in handcuffs 20 years ago…
June 11, 2013

Obama's ATF nominee gets Senate hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's nominee to lead the agency charged with enforcing national gun laws said Tuesday the Bureau of…
June 7, 2013

Texas woman arrested in ricin letters to Obama, Bloomberg

NBC NEWS - A Texas woman has been arrested in connection with the mailing of three letters containing a form…
June 4, 2013

Brooklyn girl, 11, paralyzed after being hit in neck by stray bullet

NBC New York - An 11-year-old girl set to graduate from elementary school later this month is paralyzed from the…
June 3, 2013

Family, friends celebrate Hadiya Pendleton's sweet 16

NBC Chicago - Family and friends gathered Sunday night to celebrate what would have been the 16th birthday of Hadiya…
May 31, 2013

Oprah to Harvard grads: Learn from your failures

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) - The invitation from Harvard University caught Oprah Winfrey at a low point...
May 30, 2013

NYPD: Notes to Obama, Mayor Bloomberg had gun threats

NEW YORK (AP) — The Secret Service said Thursday that a suspicious letter addressed to President Barack Obama and similar…
May 17, 2013

New Orleans’ love affair with guns, in ‘black and white’

NBC NEWS - For Louisiana, the stakes could not be higher: it has the worst gun murder rate in the…
May 12, 2013

19 shot, including 2 children, at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on…
May 7, 2013

NRA bans zombie target that ‘looked like Obama’

theGRIO REPORT - A zombie target, that some say resembles President Obama, is being sold by one vendor for gun…
May 6, 2013

NRA president calls Civil War the 'war of Northern aggression'

theGRIO REPORT - New president of the National Rifle Association Jim Porter believes all Americans should have military weapons training.
May 3, 2013

NRA official: 'Culture war' more than gun rights

HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning from its incoming president…
May 2, 2013

12-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 14-year-old brother: Another example of gun culture run amok

OPINION - The epidemic of gun violence continues in America, but our leaders fail to stop it.
April 19, 2013

Obama taking executive action on gun background check system

WASHINGTON (AP) — Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within…
April 18, 2013

Obama push for gun controls reaches dead end

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's push for tighter gun controls was pulled from consideration in the Senate on Thursday...
April 17, 2013

US Senate rejects expanded gun background checks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers…
April 17, 2013

Why Obama's coalition is being ignored on gun control

theGRIO REPORT - Despite very strong support from Democratic voters, bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines aren't even included…