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Community Violence
Local leaders say they know the drawbacks of harsh prison sentences, but can't wait for federal action to reduce shootings.
City Limits
When Stevie Moore’s child was murdered in Memphis, he wanted revenge. Instead, he vowed to stop others from acting on that impulse.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: A turbulent Miami neighborhood where pushers sell guns and illegal concealed carry licenses at swap meets.
Chicago
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Two prominent Chicago activists on what it's like to lose a loved one to a fatal shooting after fighting so hard to stop them.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from a capital city where murders have already matched last year's total, and shootings are spilling outside the hardest-bitten neighborhoods.
Spot treatments don't work if the larger problem is left unchecked.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Roanoke, Virginia, site of last week's on-air murders — and an overlooked spike in fatal shootings.
The murder occurred before Mothers Against Senseless Killings arrived for its nightly patrol.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Hartford, Connecticut.
A group of neighborhood moms began camping out on a South Side street corner after a shooting there in late June. Since then, there hasn't been a single shooting in the area.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Baltimore, Maryland.
How We Fix This
A new program at Harborview Hospital in Seattle would borrow heavily from methods generally used in areas other than gun violence prevention.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: A Midwestern city battles an all-American problem.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: North Omaha, Nebraska.
Advocates claim the state's high rate of gun violence is a product of its lax gun laws and poor regulation of the firearms industry.
