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  • giffords at gun show
  • A smiling Gabrielle Giffords toured rows of tables loaded with rifles and handguns Sunday in her first visit to a gun show since surviving a 2011 shooting, and pleaded afterward for people to come together to stop gun violence.
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  • violence continues in egypt
  • N.J. Burkett is live in Queens with the latest development
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egypt, assault weapons, eyewitness news 5pm, gun violence, middle east, politcal unrest, murder, eyewitness news
  • pitbull shot in paterson
  • Stacey Sager reports from Paterson
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paterson, animal abuse, animals, dog, dogs, pit bulls, murder, shooting, gun, gun violence, eyewitness news
  • shot with cop
  • Marcus Solis reports from Stamford, Connecticut.
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  • russian roulette teen shot jersey city
  • A 17 year old boy is recovering after he was shot in the face during a game of Russian roulette.
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new jersey, jersey city, gun violence, shooting, new jersey news, toni yates
  • guns sold targeting kids
  • Children cannot drive until their 16, cannot drink until their 21, but they can shoot firearms long before then.
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gun, gun control, gun violence, investigations, jim hoffer
  • gun vote
  • A fiery Mayor Bloomberg blasted Senators who voted against new gun control legislation, calling the vote "a disgrace" and adding"children lost."
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gun, gun control, gun violence, politics & elections, kristin thorne
  • gun control bill rejected in senate
  • Kristin Thorne reports on the Senate's rejection of the background check expansion bill
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gun violence, gun, gun control, eyewitness news
  • president barack obama gun control
  • Devin Dwyer reports on partisan bickering over the gun control debate
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gun violence, gun control, gun, newtown school shooting, charles schumer, raymond kelly, eyewitness news
  • gun control debate
  • Lisa Colagrossi reports on a possible breakthrough in the fight over gun control
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gun, gun control, gun violence, newtown school shooting, charles schumer, raymond kelly, eyewitness news
  • maplewood shooting
  • Police are searching for the gunman who shot a storekeeper Monday at a convenience store in Maplewood.
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new jersey, shooting, gun violence, essex county, new jersey news
  • gun control law
  • New York's new gun control law now requires federal background checks for private firearms sales.
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new york city, gun control, gun violence, andrew cuomo, new york news
  • A crowd of about 200 volunteer performers staged a flash mob in Times Square to protest gun violence and call for stricter gun control laws.
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  • new jersey news
  • One man was killed and another was wounded when shots rang out on a Newark street.
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new jersey, newark, gun violence, shooting, new jersey news
  • They came to school early - kids and parents, teachers and administrators - to fight for their own safety.
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new york city, bedford-stuyvesant, gun, gun violence, crisis in egypt, new york news, josh einiger
  • new jersey news
  • Authorities say a man was shot to death while he waited in his car for his girlfriend to leave the wake of another homicide victim at a New Jersey funeral home.
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new jersey, paterson, gun violence, shooting, new jersey news
  • New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says handguns are the main problem on New York City streets when it comes to gun violence.
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  • Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 34-year old man at a Brooklyn diner early Sunday morning.
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new york city, brooklyn, clinton hill, murder, gun violence, new york news
  • Gun control advocates spent Sunday on the Brooklyn Bridge, lining up from borough to borough to call for tighter gun laws.
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  • newtown tragedy
  • The head of New York City's police union and a Harlem mother who lost her sons to gun violence spoke out against the NRA proposal.
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connecticut, school lockdown, shooting, newtown, newtown school shooting, gun violence, mass shooting, northern suburbs news, darla miles
  • Jim Hoffer investigates whether the shooter's mother should have had guns around her troubled son.
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  • connecticut news
  • The nation's top prosecutor and other officials announced a new effort Tuesday to reduce gun violence in Connecticut's major cities by directly engaging violent groups with warnings and offers of assistance to change.
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connecticut, gun violence, northern suburbs news
  • Authorities seized more than 110 machine guns, assault rifles and other weapons during two separate operations in the past 24 hours.
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new york city, east harlem, gun, gun violence, crime, new york news
  • new jersey news
  • One man was killed and three other people were wounded when shots rang out at a home in New Jersey's capital city.
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new jersey, trenton, shooting, gun violence, new jersey news
  • new jersey news
  • Authorities say a Newark teenager has died after being shot in the city on Saturday night.
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new jersey, newark, shooting, gun violence, new jersey news
  • The latest shooting, outside a bodega, occurred in an area identified as one of the worst in the city for gun violence.
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new york city, brooklyn, bushwick, gun violence, shooting, new york news, darla miles
  • Amid a rash of shootings in New York City this summer, officials in Queens sponsored a gun buyback initiative on Saturday.
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new york city, jamaica, queens, gun buy back, gun violence, new york news
  • A man was found fatally shot Friday night at a Jamaican restaurant.
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new york city, queens, murder, gun violence, new york news
  • new jersey news
  • Paterson police say three people were shot to death and a woman was wounded during a violent weekend in the city.
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new jersey, paterson, gun violence, murder, new jersey news
  • Darla Miles reports it was one topic at a peace rally Saturday
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brooklyn, gun violence, stop and frisk, eyewitness news
  • In the wake of a series of shootings this summer, the Rev. Al Sharpton Saturday announced a new effort to stop gun violence.
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new york city, bronx, gun violence, protest, new york news, darla miles
  • Darla Miles reports on Al Sharpton's 'Occupy Corners' campaign
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bronx, gun violence, protest, eyewitness news
  • Dave Evans reports on the debate over gun control heating up after the Colorado shooting.
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gun, gun violence, chris christie, michael bloomberg, eyewitness news
  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Chris Christie
  • Bloomberg has been outspoken on gun control since the movie theater shooting in Colorado.
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new jersey, chris christie, michael bloomberg, gun violence, new jersey news
  • Scott Goldberg reports on the surprise visit the 'Dark Knight' made to meet the victims of the theater shooting.
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gun violence, mass shooting, shooting, the dark knight rises, eyewitness news
  • Marci Gonzalez has the latest on the Colorado shooting investigation.
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gun violence, mass shooting, trial, investigation, eyewitness news
  • Marci Gonzalez reports from Aurora on the latest developments of the Colorado massacre investigation.
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gun violence, mass shooting, trial, eyewitness news
  • Jim Hoffer reports on the worries of how one person can kill and hurt many people in crowded public places.
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  • Matt Kozar reports on the Brooklyn man that was shot, but survived the Colorado massacre.
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mass shooting, gun violence, eyewitness news
  • Marci Gonzalez reports from Aurora, Colorado
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  • Jeff Pegues has the latest on the movie theater massacre investigation in Aurora, Colorado.
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  • ABC's Dr. Besser discusses how the incident can be traumatic for kids and how parents can approach the matter.
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gun violence, mass shooting, shooting, children, children health, eyewitness news
  • Marci Gonzalez reports from Aurora, Colorado on the movie theater massacre
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mass shooting, shooting, gun violence, eyewitness news
  • N.J. Burkett reports on James Holmes, accused of carrying out the mass shooting in Aurora.
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gun violence, shooting, mass shooting, eyewitness news
  • Sarah Wallace has the new developments in the Aurora, Colorado massacre investigation.
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  • Kevin Flanagan, a retired NYPD detective, discusses the Colorado massacre
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  • Dr. Sapna Parikh reports on how parents can approach children's questions about the tragic incident.
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children health, children, mass shooting, gun violence, eyewitness news
  • Sandy Kenyon reports on the effect the Colorado shooting has had on the 'Dark Knight' opening weekend.
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gun, gun violence, movie, eyewitness news
  • Shooting suspect James Holmes, courtesy of the University of Colorado
  • Jim Hoffer reports on the difficulties in preventing a lone gunman from carrying out a mass shooting
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  • Eyewitness News is joined by Professor Jon Shane of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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