Vox Pop : Guns in America : 12/17/12
Friday’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, is on record as the second deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s history. 26 lives were taken; the majority of them...
View ArticleConn. Shooting Sparks Gun Control Debate in Mass.
The mass-shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut is sparking more conversation about public safety, treatment of mental illness, and gun control, and the argument remains how...
View ArticleConn. Chief Medical Examiner Seeking Genetic Clues to Newtown Shooting
Connecticut's chief medical examiner says he's seeking genetic clues to help explain why a shooter killed 20 children and six adults in a Newtown elementary school.Dr. H. Wayne Carver tells The...
View ArticleMass. Treasurer Reviews Pension Fund Gun Holdings
Massachusetts Treasurer Steve Grossman has directed the state pension fund to review any investments in gun companies in response to the killings last week of 20 children and six adults in a...
View ArticlePutnam County Officials Discuss Security Issues
In the aftermath of the school shootings in Connecticut last week, Putnam County officials from law enforcement, school districts, and other governmental agencies held their first meeting Tuesday to...
View ArticleMass. Advocates, Lawmakers Want Action on Mental Illness in Next Session
In the weeks following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn, politicians and pundits across the country have been searching for a solution to help prevent a similar tragedy...
View ArticleVox Pop : Open Forum – 2012 In The Headlines : 12/27/12
From the re-election of President Barack Obama, to the shooting at Newtown, Connecticut, to the “fiscal cliff,” on today’s show we want to know what you think are the biggest news stories of 2012.It’s...
View ArticleSaratoga Gun Show Will Go On
Last night, the Saratoga Springs city council passed a non-binding resolution urging exhibitors at an upcoming gun show to refrain from selling weapons similar to those used in the Newtown shootings....
View ArticleConn. Mayor: Name School for Newtown Teacher
The mayor of Stratford, Conn. is proposing to name a school for a teacher who was killed in the massacre in nearby Newtown.Mayor John Harkins says the bravery shown by Victoria Soto in protecting her...
View ArticleDisaster Mental Health Institute Director Counseled Newtown Families
James Halpern went to Newtown, Connecticut the day after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. He went for one week, as a volunteer with the Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross,...
View ArticleConn. Gov. Names Members of Sandy Hook Advisory Panel
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has named 16 people, a group that includes mental health and public safety experts, to a panel recommending changes to state laws and policies in the wake...
View ArticleMassachusetts Pulls Violent Games from Rest Stops
Massachusetts has removed violent video games from four highway rest stops after a family traveling for the holidays saw a young boy playing one days after the Connecticut school shooting.Andrew and...
View ArticleVote set to name Conn. school for slain teacher
STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) — A proposal to name a school after a teacher killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shootings is set to go before a town council.Stratford Mayor John Harkins is recommending naming...
View ArticleGrieving Families, Community Launch 'Sandy Hook Promise'
Pledging to do all they can "to encourage and support common sense solutions that make my community and our country safer from similar acts of violence," parents, family and friends of the 20 children...
View ArticleNew York poised to be 1st to pass post-massacre gun bill
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Only days after calling for an overhaul of gun control in New York following the Connecticut school shooting, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a tough proposal on gun control is...
View ArticleVox Pop : Open Forum - Gun Control : 1/15/13
Today, New York is expected to become the first state to enact major gun control policy following last month’s tragic elementary school shooting in Connecticut.The New York Secure Ammunition and...
View ArticleMassachusetts State Representative David Linsky - Gun Control
The gun control debate is about to begin on Beacon Hill in Boston. A state lawmaker will introduce legislation this week that will, among other things, require assault weapons in Massachusetts to...
View ArticleBlumenthal: Newtown reference may spur gun changes
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says President Barack Obama's reference in his inauguration speech to the murders of 20 children and six educators in Newtown could...
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