• 7/9/2010 -  Handguns shouldn't be a household staple…The most recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in 2007, more than 2,000 children in the U.S. were killed and another 12,371 were injured by gunfire. For parents, the lesson here is quite simple: Keeping a gun at home puts your children at risk.
   
• 7/14/10 - Campaign Director Mark Walsh is among the interviewees following the City of Chicago’s new Handgun Ordinance taking effect.
   
• 6/28/10 - “13 shot, 2 killed in 6 hours early Saturday,” ABC 7 News.
   
• 6/22/10 - “Highway horror: Boyfriend murders fleeing girlfriend in traffic, kills himself,” CBS News.
   
• 6/22/10 - “54 shot in latest violence,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 6/17/10 - “Three shot overnight on West Side,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 6/16/10 - “Teen shot dead outside gas station in downpour,” CBS News Chicago.
   
• 6/11/10 - “7-year-old, teen shot in Morgan Park,” Southtown Star.
   
• 6/3/10 - “Teen shot and killed outside West Side middle school,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 5/30/10 - “22 wounded by weekend gunfire; 1 man killed,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 5/29/10 - “Store manager seriously hurt in Back-of-the-Yards shooting,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 5/27/10 - “Woman shot in South Shore, baby unharmed,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 5/25/10 - “Dolton teen was just blocks from home when he was slain in crossfire,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 5/25/10 - “Chicago gun violence continues: At least seven shot overnight in Chicago,” Huffington Post.
   
• 5/25/10 - “15-year-old fatally shot in Dolton,” ABC 7 News.
   
• 5/20/10 - “Chicago police officer back from Iraq is killed,” Associated Press.
   
• 5/18/10 - “Three dead in apparent murder suicide,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 5/17/10 - “Chicago cab driver shot in head,” ABC 7 Chicago.
   
• 5/13/10 - “Man shot dead after dog wets on neighbor’s manicured lawn,” Southtown Star.
   
• 5/10/10 - “Man killed, teen wounded in South Chicago shooting,” CBS 2 Chicago.
   
• 5/8/10 - “Man, girlfriend dead in downtown Old Navy shooting,” CBS 2 Chicago.
   
• 5/2/10 - “Three dead in double murder-suicide in West Town,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 5/2/10 - “Two men critically wounded in Roseland shooting,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 5/2/10 - “Teen boy wounded in Woodlawn shooting,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 4/29/10 - “Two children injured in Hegewisch shooting,” WBBM Newsradio Chicago.
   
• 4/28/10 - “Two children seriously injured in Far South Side shooting,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 4/26/10 - “Three dead, several injured from weekend violence,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 4/26/10 - “’People don’t realize the tragedies,’ says father of shooting victim,” Springfield State Journal-Register.
   
• 4/22/10 - “Toddler dies from suspected retaliation shooting,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 4/17/10 - “Wave of shootings leaves seven dead in 12 hours,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 4/17/10 - “Gunfire calls average more than one a day,” Rockford Register Star.
   
• 4/15/10 - “One dead, two injured in drive-by on South Side,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 4/14/10 - “Frantic call after four found dead: ‘He killed everyone’,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 4/14/10 - “AP Source: Gunman heard voices to kill family,” Associated Press.
   
• 4/14/10 - “Chicago shooter: ‘Too bad I ran out of bullets’,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 4/14/10 - “’Horrendous’ scene: Three kids, woman slain in home,” CBS News Chicago.
   
• 4/13/10 - “Man shot on his birthday dies,” WGN Chicago.
   
• 4/13/10 - “Two shot near Robeson High School,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 4/6/10 - “14-year-old boy shot on West Side,” ABC News Chicago.
   
• 4/6/10 - “Father, two children shot on South Side,” ABC News Chicago.
   
• 4/6/10 - “Shooting victim returns to school,” ABC News Chicago.
   
• 4/6/10 - “Teen shot on way to school on Chicago’s West Side,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 4/3/10 - “High school student latest gun violence victim,” ABC News Chicago.
   
• 4/3/10 - “Man wounded in Bayliss shooting,” Beloit Daily News.
   
• 4/2/10 - “As Weis talks to reporters, man is shot blocks away,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 4/2/10 - “16 shot – including two fatally – in span of about two hours,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 4/2/10 - “Warm up brings shooting outbreak in Chicago,” Chicago Public Radio.
   
• 4/2/10 - “Chicago violence: At least 14 shot, 2 dead in overnight violence,” Huffington Post.
   
• 4/2/10 - “Two dozen shot in city,” Chicago WGN TV.
   
• 4/2/10 - “Six shot on South Side,” Chicago WGN TV.
   
• 4/1/10 - “Teen shot and killed, man shot dead by responding police,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 4/1/10 - “Washington Park pays respect to slain mayor at prayer vigil,” St. Louis Globe Democrat.
   
• 4/1/10 - “Washington Park mayor shot to death,” Belleville News Democrat.
   
• 3/31/10 - “Column: Rhetoric and Guns,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 3/25/10 - “Teen shot at rivals ‘to scare them’,” Lake County News-Sun.
   
• 3/24/10 – “Woman was killed by stray bullet,” Peoria Journal Star.
   
• 3/19/10 – “14 hurt, 1 dead in overnight shootings,” ABC Chicago.
   
• 3/17/10 – “Elginite charged in Schaumberg shooting death,” The Courier News.
   
• 3/15/10 – “One dead after Roseland shooting,” Southtown Star.
   
• 3/11/10 – “Three teens shot in Schaumberg,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 3/9/10 – “Teen shot in arm near Dyett High School,” Chicago Breaking News.
   
• 3/2/10 – “Couple, son shot dead in Darien,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 2/25/10 – “West side teenager shot, killed,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 2/23/10 – “Two assault rifles found in fraternity room of alleged NIU shooter,” Chicago Breaking News.
   
• 2/22/10 – “Student killed in shooting at Humboldt Park party,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 2/16/10 – “Man shoots wife, self in Niles,” Chicago Breaking News.
   
• 2/15/10 – “NIU remembers shooting anniversary,” NBC Chicago.
   
• 2/5/10 – “Man fired 23 shots before killing himself,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 2/2/10 – “Teen chased and gunned down in West Humboldt Park,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 2/2/10 – “Boy, 15, shot on way to North Side school,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 1/26/10 – “Student shot near Southwest Side High School,” Chicago Public Radio.
   
• 1/25/10 – “Teen boy dead, two wounded in shooting,” WBBM Newsradio 780.
   
• 1/25/10 – “Girl, 8, wounded in accidental shooting,” Pioneer Press.
   
• 1/22/10 – “Female shot in front of Southwest Side high school,” WBBM News Radio.
   
• 1/19/10 – “Terror in the projects: East St. Louis residents live a life under siege,” Belleville New Democrat.
   
• 1/14/10 – “Three teens wounded in West Woodlawn shooting,” Chicago Breaking News Center.
   
• 1/8/10 – “Child, 4, dies after being accidentally shot in Peoria,” Peoria Journal Star.
   
• 12/30/09 – “Accidental shooting haunts two cousins four years later,” CBS 2 Chicago News.
   
• 12/30/09 – “Peoria teen’s murder marks 17th homicide of 2009,” Central Illinois Proud.
   
• 12/28/09 – “Services planned for Ralph Elliott, shot and killed Christmas Eve in Chicago,” CBS 2 Chicago News.
   
• 12/27/09 – “Two teens shot, wounded on Chicago bus,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 12/25/09 – “A random shooting disrupts a life, but good may follow,” New York Times.
   
• 12/21/09 – “Six injured in Chicago South Side shooting,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 12/20/09 – “Teen boy fatally shot on South Side,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 12/13/09 – “11-year-old boy shot to death, dad wounded in car in South Side,” Chicago Tribune.
   
• 12/15/09 – “Cops: Gunman in alleged killing spree jealous of dad,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 12/12/09 – “Masked gunman shot 6th grader in head prior to nursery crash,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 12/8/09 – “14-year-old shot while walking with mother in Logan Square,” Chicago Sun-Times.
   
• 12/1/09 – “Illinois man accidentally kills himself while changing tire, police say,” Fox News.
   

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