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(Left to right) AAP President Dr. Thomas McInerny; Dr. Raul Arguello; AAP CEO Dr. Errol Alden; Dr. David Schonfeld, a member of AAP's Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council, and a pediatrician who visited Newtown the day after the shootings, and who is an expert who is frequently called on to counsel children and survivors of violent events/mass shootings. (Photo/American Academy of Pediatrics)

Pediatricians across the country meet with legislators to push for gun safety

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Dr. Raul Arguello, a father of two of the lucky children who survived the Sandy Hook school shooting in December, traveled from his Connecticut to Washington, … Read More

Los Angeles police officer Sgt. Frank Preciado greets school children arriving at the Main Street Elementary School after winter break. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Opinion: Seeking middle ground on school safety

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- Safety in public schools has been much on the public's mind in the post-Newtown era. The massacre has inspired calls for getting more police officers … Read More

President Barack Obama speaks at the Denver Police Academy in Denver, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama: Gun control a tougher slog than immigration

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) -- Conceding the fraught politics of guns, President Barack Obama said Thursday that passing legislation curbing access to firearms would … Read More

Ana Grace Marquez-Greene was one of the final victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy to be laid to rest. (Photo provided by Connecticut Funeral Directors Association. Courtesy Kate-Orlikow Kineret-Rifkind)

Mother of Sandy Hook victim releases touching letter on what would have been her 7th birthday

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Ana Grace Marquez-Green, the little girl who loved to sing and dance, and was killed in a brutal school shooting at Sandy Hook elementary, was remembered by her … Read More

Senate Judiciary Committee member, freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas uses a life size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle, to make a point about the proposed ban on certain kinds of guns, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rubio, Cruz pledge to oppose, filibuster gun control legislation

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Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are threatening to use the practice of filibustering - talking for hours on the Senate floor so that a bill either … Read More

Dr. Jose Mendez of United Physicians of Newtown with his son Juan (Courtesy Dr. Jose Mendez)

United Physicians of Newtown call for changes to address violence, guns

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“I’m a Newtown resident -- I have children in the school system -- that was the worst day of my life,” says Dr. José Mendez, a pulmonologist at Danbury … Read More

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto's (Photo from Facebook)

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto’s

By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook has agreed to remove some so-called tribute pages related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over concerns they're … Read More

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Steven Seagal trained Arizonans to guard schools this weekend. Randy Parraz, an Arpaio critic, brought forms to recall Arpaio to the event. (Getty Images)

Joe Arpaio, Steven Seagal train Arizonans to guard schools

By Associated Press

The self-proclaimed “America’s Toughest Sheriff” joined forces this weekend with action movie star Steven Seagal to train volunteer armed posse members to … Read More

Victoria Soto, the Sandy Hook Elementary teacher trying to save her students will be awarded a Presidential medal along with 5 other educators.

Sandy Hook teachers to receive Presidential medals for heroism

By Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Presidential medals are being awarded posthumously to the six people who died protecting children at Sandy Hook Elementary … Read More

Senate Judiciary Committee member, freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas uses a life size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle, to make a point about the proposed ban on certain kinds of guns, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senator Ted Cruz fires back at gun control advocates

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From former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Mayor Rahm Emanuel to the parents of the gunned down children in Newtown, Connecticut, gun control advocates have … Read More