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Since Sandy Hook, an American kid under 12 has died by a gun every other day

by Mike Brunker and Polly DeFrank (excerpted from MSNBC.com) There are at least 554 reasons to ask whether American children are safer from gun violence today than they were three years ago, when the unthinkable happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School. That’s how many kids under the age of 12 have died from gunshots — both intentional and accidental — since

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Dear Senators Alexander and Corker: Please #ActWithCourage to #StopGunViolence

On Thursday, October 22, there was another mass shooting on a college campus, this time at Tennessee State University. Our hearts go out to the victims of this tragedy, their families, and the entire TSU and Nashville community as the toll of this violence begins to set in. But we know that our sympathy is not enough. Now is the

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