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NRA's answer to gun violence is more guns listen
12/21/12 Lisa MarzilliLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary, NRA, Wayne LaPierre, gun control
On today's Last Call we heard an excerpt from a press conference called by the National Rifle Association in response to last Friday's tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. The nation's most powerful gun rights group has been eerily silent up until now following the shooting spree by 20 yr. old Adam Lanza that ended the lives of 20 young children and 7 adults.
Other than a short statement promising “meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again” we’ve heard nothing - tha...
Be the first to commentPresident Obama promises swift action to deal with "epidemic" of gun deaths in the U.S. listen
12/19/12 APWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, gun control, guns, Newtown, NRA
Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to send Congress new policy proposals for reducing gun violence by January.
The president, who exerted little political capital on gun control despite a series of mass shootings in his first term, bristled at suggestions that he had been silent on the issue during his first four years in office. But he acknowledged that Friday's deadly shooting had been a wake-up call.
The president's announcement W...
Be the first to commentMass shooting at CT school rekindles push to stop gun violence listen
12/14/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gun control, guns, violence, shootings, NRA
A man opened fire Friday inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children.
In a statement to news media, President Barack Obama said,
Be the first to comment"As a country we have been through this too many times. Whether it's an elementary school in Newton, or a shopping mall in Oregon or a temple in Wisconsin or a movie theater in Aurora or a street corner in Chicago, these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods and these children are our ...
Community hopes to replace "stand your ground" law with Trayvon Martin Law listen
04/20/12 Atecia RobinsonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Beaulah Baptist International Church, stand your ground law, laws, shooting, gun control, National Bar Association, NRA
On Thursday afternoon more than 100 people rallied a t a church in Tampa supporting the family of Trayvon Martin. Martin's parents were at the Beulah Baptist Church but didn't speak.
Many people called for a reassessment of the “stand your ground law” that allows a person being threatened to use deadly force, rather than retreat.
In the meeting organized by...
Be the first to commentParticipants in Tampa rally for Trayvon Martin talk about how they would change Florida's gun laws listen
03/26/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Trayvon Martin, Tampa, NRA, gun laws, Stand Your Ground law
An unarmed teenager was killed in Sanford a month ago today, but the shooter has not been arrested; it has set off a national debate about criminal justice and gun laws. On Saturday, about 1,000 people marched through Tampa’s Al Lopez Park to support justice in the case of Trayvon Martin.
Many in the crowd chanted, held signs and wore hooded sweatshirts similar to what Martin was wearing when he was shot. The alleged shooter, George Zimmerman, was not charged because he claimed self-defen...
3 commentsOpen Phones to Discuss Florida's Stand Your Ground Law and the Killing of Trayvon Martin
03/23/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Stand Your Ground law, ALEC, NRA, Travon Martin
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Today we'll open the phone lines and take your phone calls. We can talk about whatever is on your mind including Florida's Stand Your Ground law and the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford.
4 commentsState Rep. Rick Kriseman announces bill to repeal Florida law forbidding doctors from asking about guns listen
09/13/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Kriseman, Doctors for America, guns, gun control, gun laws, NRA
Update to this story: on Wednesday (September 14) a federal judge found Florida's law forbidding doctors from talking about guns with their patients to be an unconstitutional infringement on the free speech rights of both doctors and patients.
State Representative Rick Kriseman introduced a bill that would repeal a law that forbids physicians from discussing gun safety with patients. House Bill 1405 is intended to give...
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