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Newtown Victim’s Sister Says Assault Guns Should Be Banned & Recalled
KDKA-AM’s Larry and John talk to Jillian Soto, sister of one of the teachers killed during the Newtown school shooting, about her view of gun control and her work in Washington, DC.
NRA Study: U.S. Schools Should Train Selected Staffers To Carry Weapons
Schools across the nation should train selected staff members to carry weapons and should each have at least one armed security officer to make students safer and allow a quicker response to an attack, the director of a National Rifle Association-sponsored study said Tuesday.
Security Changes Being Put In Place 1 Year After Western Psych Shooting
It’s been one year since terror struck at Pittsburgh’s Western Psychiatric Institute when a gunman opened fire. Out of that tragedy, many questions arose. Why did this happen? And could it be prevented from happening again?
Obama Challenges Congress To Act To Reduce Gun Violence
President Obama’s anti-gun violence plan involves a combination of approaches, some of them controversial, involving guns, mental health and more police.
President Obama Unveils Sweeping Anti-Gun Violence Proposal
Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.
Teachers Seek Out Gun Training For Student’s Protection
Teachers in Texas and Ohio are now taking firearms training courses after the tragedy in Connecticut.
Local Rep. Sponsors Assault Weapon Ban Legislation
In the wake of Newtown, there is talk of an assault-style weapon ban in congress — and now one in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburghers Weigh In After NRA’s News Conference
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The most powerful gun organization in the country is speaking out for the first time since the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. A few hours after Friday morning’s […]
New Gun Store’s Proximity To School Stirring Controversy In Local Neighborhood
Guns sales are up. They have been throughout 2012. On a firing range, marksmen are testing shields for bulletproof backpacks that parents are buying for their kids. Manufacturers are struggling to keep up with demand.
Sen. Casey Changes Course On Gun Control
With the Capitol flag flying at half-staff behind him, Sen. Bob Casey admitted that the killing of school children in Connecticut has affected his thinking on guns.
Pittsburgh School Superintendent Talks Security At Local Schools
When a gunman killed 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Linda Lane says her first thoughts — Pittsburgh.
K-9 Comfort Dogs Help Grieving Newtown Families
KDKA-AM’s Larry Richert talks to Tim Hetzner, President of the K-9 Comfort Dogs, about what they’re experiencing in Newtown, Conn. as they try to consul grieving families and friends of the shooting victims.
Obama Sets Up Gun Violence Task Force
Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce the gun violence that has plagued the country.
Dick’s Suspends Sales Of Some Guns
Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the world, says it has removed all guns from its store nearest to Newtown, Connecticut, and is suspending the sale of certain kinds of semi-automatic rifles from its chains nationwide.
NRA Breaks Silence On Conn. School Shooting
In its first comment following the horrific shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the National Rifle Association today said it is “prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.”
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