• 12/16/09 – “Editorial: Gun control’s NRA supporters,” Los Angeles Times.
   
• 12/13/09 – “Tennessee demonstrates trend of looser gun laws,” The Associated Press.
   
• 12/12/09 – “Illinois gubernatorial candidates on guns,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 12/10/09 – “Column: Beyond the NRA’s absolutism,” by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post.
   
• 12/8/09 – “Editorial: Beyond the The ‘terror gap’,” New York Times.
   
• 12/4/09 – “Editorial: Veterans and gun safety,” Los Angeles Times.
   
• 12/1/09 – “Editorial: Crazy about guns,” Los Angeles Times.
   
• 11/19/09 – “Illinois gun laws maker it safer, study says,” Medill Reports Chicago.
   
• 11/17/09 – “New website tracks concealed weapons incidents,” WBBM Newsradio 780.
   
• 11/15/09 – “Chicago Public Schools looks to advocacy group for curbing gun violence,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 11/14/09 – “How do you stop the violence in a city that has seen 27 killings this year?,” Belleville News Democrat.
   
• 11/14/09 – “East St. Louis officials pledge crackdown on crime,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
   
• 11/13/09 – “7,234 guns confiscated in Chicago this year,” CBS 2 Chicago News.
   
• 11/13/09 – “East St. Louis reacts to ‘rising tide’ of violence,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 11/10/09 – “Police decry high court ruling on guns in cars,” CBS 2 Chicago News.
   
• 10/24/09 – “Letter to the editor: With so many guns, US still not safe,” Bloomington Pantagraph.
   
• 10/22/09 – “Students take pledge against gun violence,” ABC 7 Chicago News.
   
• 10/15/09 – “Editorial: Targeting gun shows ,” Los Angeles Times.
   
• 10/11/09 – “Editorial: Not your ‘bud’ or ours ,” New York Times.
   
• 10/8/09 – “Op-ed by Ellen Alberding, The Joyce Foundation: When children with illegal firearms rule”, Chicago Tribune.
   
• 10/7/09 – “In violent Chicago, ‘it’s tough to be a kid”, Washington Post.
   
• 10/7/09 – “Chicago violence (and guns?): Obama”, The Swamp, Tribune’s Washington Bureau.
   
• 10/7/09 – “Duncan, Holder in Chicago on youth violence urged by Brady Campaign to fight illegal guns”, Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 10/7/09 – “Bloomberg says out-of-state gun show dealers often violate law”, New York Times.
   
• 10/7/09 – “Government: Over 60 percent of kids exposed to violence”, Associated Press.
   
• 10/6/09 – “Focus in Chicago: Students at risk of violence”, New York Times.
   
• 10/6/09 – “Guns and democracy” , Short Stack, Washington Post.
   
• 10/5/09 – “The gun issue is back in the Supreme Court: What does it mean”, Huffington Post.
   
• 9/30/09 – “Supreme Court ruling sets up a showdown on gun ownership in Chicago”, Chicago Tribune.
   
• 9/29/09 – “Our view: Gangs, guns a cancer that must not metastasize”, Peoria Journal Star.
   
• 9/27/09 – “Chicago parents united in grief, hope for end to violence”, Chicago Tribune.
   
• 9/22/09 – “A gun’s story: Bought for protection, ends as a crime weapon”, Chicago Daily Herald.
   
• 9/16/09 – “Senate votes to o.k. checked guns on Amtrak,” New York Times.
   
• 9/16/09 – “Senate votes to allow guns on Amtrak,” Associated Press.
   
• 9/15/09 – “Chicago schools’ plan to protect students,” U.S. News & Report.
   
• 9/12/09 – “Editorial: Good sense in Tennessee,” New York Times.
   
• 9/9/09 – “’Lord, am I gonna die?’,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 9/9/09 – “Op-ed: No excuse for gun violence,” Black Press USA.
   
• 9/4/09 – “$30 million plan to save kids,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 9/3/09 – “Letter to the editor: Limit guns,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 9/3/09 – “City Council Police Committee seeks tougher gun sentences,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 9/3/09 – “Alderman to consider mandatory jail time for those caught carrying unauthorized weapons,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 9/3/09 – “UC researchers find vast unregulated weapons market at gun shows,” Contra Costa Times.
   
• 9/2/09 – “Researchers: California doing a good job of firearms control at gun shows,” Sacramento Bee.
   
• 9/1/09 – “Letter to the editor: Limit guns,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 8/29/09 – “Gun safety comes too late for dad,” Kenosha News.
   
• 8/23/09 – “Column: Pistol packing camera hogs,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 8/21/09 – “Editorial: Ban guns from public events,” San Francisco Chronicle.
   
• 8/21/09 – “Editorial: Gunning for trouble,” Los Angeles Times.
   
• 8/20/09 – “Chicago suburb defends gun registration law,” CBS News.
   
• 8/20/09 – “Editorial: Gun nuttiness – crazier by the day,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 8/20/09 – “Editorial: Packing iron before the curtains,” New York Times.
   
• 8/20/09 – “Column: Leave the guns at home,” by E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post.
   
• 8/19/09 – “’Open Carry’ of guns – logical direction of gun lobby’s campaign,” NJ Voices.
   
• 8/17/09 – “Man carrying assault weapon attends Obama protest,” San Francisco Chronicle.
   
• 8/14/09 – “Letter to the editor: A gun control lesson from Tombstone,” Washington Post.
   
• 8/13/09 – “Gunning for health care,” by Gail Collins, New York Times.
   
• 8/7/09 – “Letter to the editor: The Western Pennsylvania slaughter,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 8/5/09 – “A battle of goliaths: Michael Bloomberg and his gun control group take on the NRA,” Washington Post.
   
• 8/1/09 – “Crackdown on smuggled guns hindered by U.S. laws,” National Public Radio.
   
• 7/31/09 – “Have gun, will travel,” by Gail Collins, New York Times.
   
• 7/30/09 – “Everyone packin’ – a gun in every pocket?,” by Judge H. Lee Sarokin, Huffington Post.
   
• 7/29/09 – “Are we immune to caring about this threat?,” by Carol Marin, Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 7/27/09 – “Op-ed: Arm the Senate!,” , by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post.
   
• 7/27/09 – “Editorial: A trigger lock on the gun lobby,” Christian Science Monitor.
   
• 7/23/09 – “Two states legalize guns in bars,” New York Times.
   
• 7/23/09 – “Editorial: Drawing a line on guns,” Los Angeles Times.
   
• 7/23/09 – “Senate narrowly defeats concealed-carry measure,” Washington Post.
   
• 7/20/09 – “Editorial: Hidden Danger,” Washington Post.
   
• 7/15/09 – “The right to arm public housing,” New York Times.
   
• 6/28/09 – “Innocent girl pays with life for adults’ sins,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 6/20/09 – “Forum: ‘Draw the Line,’ Stop Concealed Carry,” Peoria Journal Star.
   
• 6/19/09 – “Pastor: Peoria pilot program for concealed carry ‘sends a horrible message’,” Peoria Journal Star.
   
• 6/17/09 – “Guns and hate are on the rise in America,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 6/14/09 – “Handgun problems soar to new levels,” Rockford Register Star.
   
• 6/12/09 – “Editorial: Politics of the gun,” New York Times.
   
• 6/11/09 – “The Nation: Gun (In)Sanity,” National Public Radio.
   
• 6/11/09 – “Consequences of hate,” Huffington Post.
   
• 6/11/09 – “Letter to the editor: Gun, germs, and hysteria beg answers,” The Daily Herald.
   
• 6/10/09 – “Rogers Park residents lead peace march,” ABC 7 News Chicago.
   
• 6/10/09 – “Security guard is killed in shooting at Holocaust museum ,” New York Times.
   
• 6/10/09 – “Martrell Stevens makes victory lap at graduation,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 6/4/09 – “Illinois: Court Upholds Local Gun Ordinances,” New York Times.
   
• 6/3/09 – “Appeals court upholds Chicago’s strict gun laws,” Los Angeles Times.
   
• 6/3/09 – “Federal Appeals Court Upholds Chicago’s Handgun Ban,” Chicago Public Radio.
   
• 6/2/09 – “Court upholds Chicago handgun ban,” Daily Herald.
   
• 6/2/09 – “Chicago’s handgun ban stands,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 6/2/09 – “Federal appeals court upholds ban on handguns,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 5/28/09 – “Guns in parks make for a messy, sometimes violent mix ,” Scott Streater, New York Times.
   
• 5/27/09 – “Youth killings reach crisis level in Chicago,” All Things Considered, National Public Radio.
   
• 5/24/09 – “Editorial: Run background checks on all gun sales,” Daily Herald.
   
• 5/19/09 – “Violence grips Chicago, takes young lives,” National Public Radio.
   
• 5/19/09 – “Faith leaders call attention to Chicago violence,” National Public Radio.
   
• 5/18/09 – “Editorial: Not enough on guns,” New York Times.
   
• 5/13/09 – “Letter to the editor: Misunderstandings of gun meeting,” by Michelle Jordan, Illinois Counsel, Legal Community Against Violence, Daily Herald.
   
• 5/13/09 – “Editorial: Whose Senate is this?,” New York Times.
   
• 5/8/09 – “Op-ed: Deadly myth of gun control in electoral politics,” by Dorothy Samuels, New York Times.
   
• 5/11/09 – “Op-ed: What color is that baby?,” Bob Herbert, New York Times.
   
• 5/7/09 – “Father Pfleger vows to keep flying American flag upside down,” Huffington Post.
   
• 5/6/09 – “Minority youngsters dying weekly on Chicago’s streets,” Anderson Cooper 360, CNN.
   
• 5/6/09 – “36th CPS student killed this school year,” ABC 7 Chicago News.
   
• 4/29/09 – “Op-ed: Gun violence is more serious than swine flu crisis,” Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Journal Constitution.
   
• 4/26/09 – “Op-ed: What happened to the ban on assault weapons?,” Former President Jimmy Carter, New York Times.
   
• 4/24/09 – “Op-ed: A culture soaked in blood,” Bob Herbert, New York Times.
   
• 4/24/09 – “Open Forum: Sane gun controls are needed,” Ann Mizel, San Francisco Chronicle.
   
• 4/22/09 – “Weak gun control laws show America is crazy, numb to violence,” Bonnie Erbe, U.S. News & World Report.
   
• 4/22/09 – “No peace at ‘sensible gun laws’ forum in Wheaton,” The Daily Herald.
   
• 4/20/09 – “Who will face down the gun lobby?,” E. J. Dionne, The Washington Post.
   
• 4/20/09 – “NRA paranoia is silly, dangerous; No need to outlaw guns, just loopholes,” Paul Helmke, U.S. News & World Report.
   
• 4/19/09 – “Yet another mass shooting: A fill-in the blanks template for the next round,” The Washington Post.
   
• 4/19/09 – “The cruelest month: Another lethal April, another failure to ask why,” Slate.
   
• 4/15/09 – “10 years after Columbine, it’s easier to bear arms,” Time.
   
• 4/12/09 – “Gun sales: Will the “loophole” close?,” CBS News 60 Minutes.
   
• 4/14/09 – “Editorial: Enabling gunmen,” Washington Post.
   
• 4/13/09 – “Gun control activists display upside-down flags,” CBS 2 Chicago News.
   
• 4/10/09 – “If I only had a gun: Carrying a gun wouldn’t necessarily get you out of a shooting,” ABC News, 20/20.
   
• 4/6/09 – “Group marches against violence,” ABC 7 Chicago News.
   
• 4/2/09 – “By proliferating guns in U.S., gun lobby and gun industry, in effect, help murderers get guns,” Gun Guys.
   
• 3/25/09 – “Moms: cash swayed anti-gun abstention,” Lake County News Sun.
   
• 3/25/09 – “Chicago gun violence: Feds warn against straw purchases,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 3/24/09 – “Lawmakers move to increase penalties for shootings on school grounds,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 3/24/09 – “Officials aim to raise awareness of firearms laws,” Chicago Breaking News Center.
   
• 3/19/09 – “Common sense safety,” Gapers Block, Chicago.
   
• 3/18/09 – “CPS students rally for tougher gun laws,” WBBM Newsradio 780.
   
• 3/18/09 – “Citizen lobbyists weary of gun violence make pilgrimage to Springfield,” Medill Reports Chicago.
   
• 3/18/09 – “Teens head to Springfield to rally for gun control,” CBS 2 Chicago.
   
• 3/16/09 – “Editorial: Close the last loophole,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 3/16/09 – “Few ripples from Supreme Court ruling on guns,” New York Times.
   
• 3/16/09 – “College kids help fight city’s gun violence,” ABC 7 Chicago.
   
• 3/16/09 – “Parent reflects on teen violence in Chicago,” CBS 2 Chicago.
   
• 3/12/09 – “Concealed carry dies in committee; Gun control measures advance,” Chicagoist.
   
• 3/12/09 – “Violence claims 26th CPS kid this school year,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 3/11/09 – “House panel approves anti-gun measures in advance of pro-gun lobbying effort,” Clout Street, Chicago Tribune.
   
• 3/11/09 – “A glance at US mass shootings in recent years,” Associated Press.
   
• 3/11/09 – “Despite rally, ‘concealed carry’ unlikely in Illinois,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 3/11/09 – “Desmond Tutu joins Daley against gun violence,” WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago.
   
• 3/11/09 – “Gun lobbyists ready for state showdown,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 3/4/09 – “Alvarez pushes for stolen gun notification,” Daily Herald.
   
• 3/4/09 – “OP-ed by Representative Osterman: Gun control is just plain common sense,” Chicago Journal.
   
• 3/4/09 – “Research: Poll shows overwhelming support for background checks,” Opposing Views.
   
• 3/3/09 – “Chicago gun violence costs $2.5 billion a year,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 3/2/09 – “Three dead in Wilmette Apparent Double-Murder Suicide,” CBS 2 Chicago.
   
• 2/25/09 – “House panel approves measure making it tougher to buy handguns,” Clout Street, Chicago Tribune Blog.
   
• 2/25/09 – “Lawmakers want some stricter gun laws,” WGIL Radio News, Galesburg.
   
• 2/25/09 – “Editorial: Concealed weapons on campus?,” The Phoenix, Loyola University, Chicago.
   
• 2/24/09 – “Daley: wants gun laws, blasts feds’ ‘lack of focus’,” MSNBC Chicago.
   
• 2/24/09 – “Daley calls for tougher gun laws,” WGN Radio Chicago.
   
• 2/14/09 – “First CPS student killed in 2009,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 2/12/09 – “Editorial: Concealed carry law raises questions, concerns,” Daily Vidette, Illinois State University.
   
• 2/10/09 – “ How does Illinois rank when it comes to guns? Interview with Michelle Jordan, Legal Counsel for LCAV ,” Jim Fitzpatrick Show, WJBC McLean County.
   
• 2/9/09 – “New Senator vows to New Yorkers to take wider view on gun issues,” New York Times.
   
• 2/7/09 – “U.S. guns blamed for violence in Mexico,” San Antonio Express News.
   
• 2/7/09 – “Editorial - The Virginia Tech betrayal,” New York Times.
   
• 2/6/09 – “The gun lobby’s Trojan horse: Carrying concealed weapons bill dupes Illinois Sheriffs to back legislation, with limits,” The Gun Guys.
   
• 2/5/09 – “Economy not full cause of baffling ‘familicide’ cases,” USA Today.
   
• 1/28/09 – “Virginia Tech survivor talks about campus massacre,” Una Voz.
   
• 1/27/09 – “Cartels in Mexico’s drug war get guns from US,” by Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press.
   
• 1/27/09 – “School shootings and massacres – Interview with Joseph Lieberman,” by Scott Vogel of Freedom States Alliance, Opposing Views.
   
• 1/13/09 – “In Indiana, gun makers must prove their products aren’t a public nuisance,” by Leslie Patton, Medill Reports.
   
• 1/08/09 – “OPINION: Background Checks Still Not Strong Enough,” by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Opposing Views.

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