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6/23/08 – “Weekend violence leaves 7 dead in city, suburbs,” CBS 2 Chicago.

6/21/08 – “Deadly week yields call to end gun violence,” ABC 7 Chicago.

6/17/08 – “Anti-violence rally held after recent shootings,” ABC 7 Chicago.

6/17/08 – “South Side residents: The violence must stop,” NBC 5 Chicago.

6/16/08 – “8 dead in city, one in suburbs from weekend violence,” WBBM Newsradio 780.

6/03/08 – “Inside the violence: Out of the mouths of babes,” NBC 5 Chicago.

6/01/08 – “Chicago students march against gun violence,” ABC 7 Chicago.

5/27/08 – “Child talks about Joliet shooting,” ABC 7.

5/26/08 – “Memorial Day weekend violence; Pregnant woman shot, dies,” WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago.

5/18/08 – “Chicago students deliver gun control petitions,” ABC 7 Chicago.

5/18/08 – “Students petition for tougher gun laws,” CBS 2 Chicago.

5/18/08 – “Petitioners ask for closure of gun loopholes,” WGN Radio News/Talk 720.

5/18/08 – “Thousands of area teens collect signatures for gun control,” CLTV Chicagoland’s Television.

5/11/08 – “Speaking truth: Town hall meeting on violence,” WBBM Newsradio 780/ CBS 2 Chicago.

5/09/08 – “87 guns seized in Lake Forest raid,” by Susan Carlson, CBS 2 Chicago.
5/08/08 – “Chicago neighborhood pays for extra security,” by Dan Ponce, ABC 7 Chicago.
5/04/08 – “5-year-old shoots self in head on South Side,” ABC 7 Chicago.
4/24/08 – “5 dead as Chicago’s killing season continues,” CNN.
4/23/08 – “Guns in America,” CBS News.
4/23/08 – “Chicago crime wave claims youth,” by Marcus Baram, ABC News.
4/20/08 – “Blagojevich: Weekend shootings show need for tighter gun control,” WBBM Newsradio 780.
4/20/08 – “Ministers to fast, pray for gun control, hope lawmakers pay attention,” by Bob Roberts, WBBM Newsradio 780.
4/20/08 – “Police: 36 shot, 2 stabbed, 9 dead,” CBS 2 Chicago.
4/19/08 – “3 in custody in shooting of 4-year-old boy,” CBS 2 Chicago.
4/16/08 – “24th CPS student killed,” NBC 5 Chicago.
4/15/08 – “ V.A. Tech shooting survivor speaks for gun control,” CBS 2 Chicago.
4/11/08 – “ 1 killed, 1 injured in early morning shooting,” by Karen Jordan, ABC 7 Chicago.
4/11/08 – “Tribune employee killed in drive-by shooting,” NBC 5 Chicago.
4/08/08 – “Students lobby for tougher gun laws,” ABC 7 Chicago.
4/08/08 – “Three teens hurt in Monday night shootings,” NBC 5 Chicago.
4/02/08 – “Slain student’s peers rally against gun violence,” CBS 2 Chicago.
4/01/08 – “Empty desks symbolize lives lost to gun violence,” CNN.
4/01/08 – “Chicago students rally for more gun control in wake of gun violence,” WQAD Davenport, Bettendorf, Rock Island, Moline.
4/01/08 – “Call goes out for end to killing as student death toll rises,” NBC 5 Chicago.
4/01/08 – “Anti-Violence rally sparked by student’s death,” WBBM NewsRadio 780.
4/01/08 – “Chicago teen shot, killed on South Side,” NBC 5 Chicago.
4/01/08 – “Teen shot to death on Chicago’s South Side,” ABC 7 Chicago.
4/01/08 – “Two Chicago teens injured in shooting,” ABC 7 Chicago.
3/31/08 – “2 teens injured, 1 critically in South Side shooting,” CBS 2 Chicago.
3/30/08 – “Weekend comes to an end with 4 teens shot,” by Dana Kozlov, CBS 2 Chicago.
3/30/08 – “Nine Chicago area young people gunned down this weekend,” WBBM NewsRadio 780.
3/29/08 – “15-year-old shot fatally in Chicago,” by Evelyn Holmes, ABC 7 Chicago.
3/29/08 – “ Student shot on South Side high school campus,” ABC 7 Chicago.
3/26/08 – “AK-47-type guns turn up more often in U.S.,” MSNBC.
3/26/08 – “Boy is latest public school student caught in recent wave of gun violence,” CBS 2 Chicago.
3/25/08 – “Students still fear gunfire, CPS working hard to restore sense of safety,” by Bernie Tafoya, WBBM Newsradio 780.
3/21/08 – “12-year-old girl shot on South Side,” ABC 7 Chicago News.
3/20/08 – “Man injured in Peoria shooting,” ABC 19 Peoria News.
3/17/08 – “Senior killed is 20th CPs student of the year,” ABC 7 Chicago.
3/14/08 – “Teen shot in head, dumped in garbage can,” CBS 2 Chicago.
3/13/08 – “CPS student dies after shooting,” ABC 7 Chicago News.
3/11/08 – “Rally for tougher gun laws,” by Leah Hope, ABC 7 News, Chicago.
3/10/08 – “Dozens of students, activists march to protest student’s shooting,” WQAD, Moline.
3/10/08 – “Community outraged after 16th CPS student death this school year,” NBC 5 Chicago.
3/9/08 – “Teen charged with shooting death at Crane,” WBBM Newsradio Chicago.
3/8/08 – “Community pleads for end to gun violence,” ABC 7 Chicago.
3/8/08 – “ Crane high school violence leads to rally Saturday,” by Rafael Romo, CBS 2 Chicago.
2/18/08 – “Gun dealer launches online public safety forum,” by David Schaper, NPR. The Internet gun dealer who sold gun accessories to the Northern Illinois University campus shooter Stephen Kazmierczak and a gun to Virginia Tech campus killer Seung-Hui Cho is launching a new Web site.
2/18/08 – “ Legislators try to keep guns out of the wrong hands,” by Jay Levine, CBS 2 Chicago.
2/19/08 – “ Mayor Daley pushes for tougher gun laws,” NBC5 Chicago.
2/19/08 – “Mayor Daley demands ‘common sense’ gun legislation,” CBS 2 Chicago.
2/15/08 – “State lawmakers push, pull on gun control following NIU shootings,” by Jeffrey Meitrodt and Ashley Wiehle, Clout Street Blog.
1/8/08 - Mayor proposes new curfew after teen’s death, ABC 7 Chicago News.
12/12/07 – Suburban gun shops at close range, by Chuck Goudie, ABC7 Chicago News.
11/29/07 – Stricter Gun Law Aims to Curb Violence, WBBM Newsradio Chicago.
11/13/07 - How young is too young to use a gun? Fox News Chicago.
9/20/07 – City leaders, police working to reduce gun violence, ABC 7 Chicago.
9/19/07 – An Interview with Representative Mark Kirk on The International Association of Chiefs of Police recently released report titled Taking a Stand: Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities. Stemming the Gun Violence, on Chicago Public Radio.
9/10/07 – An Interview with Advisory Group Member Kathleen Monahan about gun Ownership and suicide, Geography and Suicide, on Chicago Public Radio.
5/31/07 – Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees: “Why are Chicago Schoolchildren Dying”, on CNN. For transcripts, click here.
4/27/07 - To listen to advisory group member Jennifer Bishop’s interview on WBEZ 91.5 FM about loopholes in Illinois handgun background checks, click here.
4/26/07 – "An Accounting of Daily Gun Deaths”, The New York Times
4/22/07 – To watch Fox News – Chicago coverage on the gun control debate in Illinois, click here
4/17/07 – To watch CBS 2, Chicago news coverage noting ICPGV common-sense gun bills, featuring advisory group member Kathleen Monahan, click here.
4/17/07 – To watch NBC5, Chicago news coverage noting ICPGV common-sense gun bills, featuring advisory group members Kathleen Monahan and Thom Mannard, click here.
4/17/07 – To watch ABC7, Chicago news coverage noting ICPGV common-sense gun bills, featuring advisory group member Thom Mannard, click here.
4/17/07 – Nina Vinik, Legal Director for the Legal Community Against Violence (LCAV), talks about gun control and violence in wake of the largest shooting in US history at Virginia Tech. To listen to this KPFA, Pacifica Radio broadcast, click here.
3/28/2007 –Jennifer Bishop from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and Richard Pearson from the Illinois Rifle Association discuss gun control and bills banning certain firearms. To watch this debate on www.centralillinoisproud.com, click here
3/21/2007 Photos Press Conferences