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Gun control comes up as Hillsborough County approves forming a commission on violence listen
04/03/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: guns, Kevin Beckner, Mark Sharpe, Les Miller, gun control, violence, Hillsborough County Commission
Hillsborough County Commissioners unanimously approved spending $150,000 to create a committee to investigate how to stamp out violence in the community. The effort was pushed by Commissioner Kevin Beckner. He said the result would be more specific solutions.
Be the first to comment"Over the period of time, that's what we typically have done is just invested in services and programs without any specific, focused outcome. So, the whole point of bringing the prevention institute is to utilize their experience ...
President Obama announces executive actions to curb gun violence & wants Congress to beef up background checks & ban assault weapons listen
01/16/13 wire reportsWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gun control, guns, violence, shootings, NRA, Barack Obama, ATF
President Barack Obama has announced a $500 million package of executive actions and legislative proposals aimed at reducing gun violence a month after a mass shooting in Connecticut killed 20 elementary school children. Obama signed 23 executive actions — which require no congressional approval — including several aimed at improving access to data for background checks. A presidential memorandum will instruct the Centers for Disease Control to research causes and prevention of gun violence....
Be the first to commentHillsborough County Commission wants task force on gun violence but balks at idea of gun buy-back -- for now listen
01/09/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gun control, guns, violence, shootings, NRA, Les Miller, Kevin Beckner, Mark Sharpe, Terry Kemple, Hillsborough County Commission
Wednesday the Hillsborough County Commission put aside a suggestion to organize gun buy-back programs to reduce crime. But the idea may come back as soon as next month among the suggestions for a task force to reduce gun violence. Commissioner Kevin Beckner recommended forming a task force – it was unanimously approved by the board.
1 comments"To direct staff to make recommendations for convening a task force under the County Administrator's office. They consist of at least law enforcement agencies...
NRA says answer to school violence is more guns in schools listen
12/21/12 wire services including APWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gun control, guns, violence, shootings, NRA, CodePink, Medea Benjamin
The National Rifle Association broke its silence today on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 children and staff dead. The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer waiting in the wings.
Be the first to comment"I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school — and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of s...
Mass 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 ...
I Am Someone: a Documentary on Sexual Violence
03/08/11 Dawn Morgan ElliottRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: International Women's Day, sexual violence, rape, gender issues, women's issues, violence, sexism, media
Happy International Women’s Day! I’m Dawn Morgan Elliott, a six-year volunteer with WMNF, with five years in the newsroom telling other people’s stories.
For this International Women’s Day, I want to raise the noise level on sexual abuse and violence against women, traumatic experiences that often have a silencing effect on its victims.
I’ll get personal, asking 54-year-old Baltimore native Lepena Reid to talk about the terrible attack she endured on the city streets when she was just...
1 commentsMarch in St. Pete to stop gun violence listen
04/27/09 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: NAACP, violence, Paris Whitehead-Hamilton
Eight-year-old Paris Whitehead-Hamilton’s death was a wakeup call for the community in Bartlett Park to mobilize against the crimes committed in their neighborhood. About 400 concerned citizens marched to end gun violence in South St. Petersburg on April 25.
The St. Petersburg Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), other community organizations, and City Council members marched from Bartlett Park to Campbell Park in honor of the victim killed dur...
Be the first to commentViolence against the homeless on the rise in Pinellas listen
12/29/08 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Homelessness, violence, Pinellas County
The number of homeless people in Pinellas County is increasing and violence against these people is also on the rise. Florida ranks the first in the country for violence against homeless persons, according to the Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless.
A 60-year old Vietnam War veteran known as Pops sleeps by St. Petersburg City Hall with his son, Daniel. He has been living in the streets for four and a half years and prior to that he was an engineer. “I am a decorated veteran. I spent...
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