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gun violence
Tampa Bay students will “die-in” to protest gun violence
This coming Tuesday is the second anniversary of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando; it’s also the date of coordinated “die-ins” across the country led by students enraged with the epidemic of...
Anti-Gun Violence Group Comments on President Trump’s Speech at NRA Today
Radioactivity 5 4 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today—The NRA convention is underway in Dallas, both President Trump and Vice President Pence will be speaking there. We’ll talk with...
March for our lives is taking place on Saturday, Mar. 24, in Washington D.C and across the country. There are several events locally that you can participate in listed below (thanks to ABC): 10 a.m....
Women’s Show 3/22 March for Our Lives Tampa Bay & “The Union Maid”
#NeverAgain….. #Marchforourlives…. When you went to school, were your biggest concerns grades, tests, friends, the prom? Did you ever worry that you might not go home again? After Sandy Hook didn’t you think, “Never...
Women’s Show 3/1 The NRA Battles On
The NRA battles on, taking on all comers including Business SEO – articulate grieving students, parents, doctors, educators, probably even the family dogs. And the NRA has spoken – let there be school marshals, arm...
Blake High School Students Plan Walkout Tomorrow to Protest Gun Violence
Radioactivity 2 22 18 Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. After last week’s massacre at the high school in Parkland, high school students from around the country have been organizing walkouts, meetings, protests-...
Women’s Show 2/22- Who Protects the Children?
The harder I run, the more I seem to barely stay in place…….. The Olympics are going on. We see the pomp and circumstance and the extraordinary achievements of these young world class athletes. If...
Libertarian Party of Florida denies harboring white supremacists
We hear more about claims that the Libertarian Party of Florida is a refuge for white supremacists and anti-Semites; later in the show we talk about solutions to the gun violence epidemic. The man who...
March against gun violence this weekend in Tampa
People trying to come up with solutions to gun violence are planning a march in downtown Tampa this weekend; organizers point to what they’re calling “dangerous and divisive propaganda” coming from the National Rifle Association....
Frederick Douglass on Fourth of July; new NRA ad
On MidPoint we hear a new ad by the NRA warning their gun owing members about taking on liberals and “fighting the violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth;” but first we hear...
Is there a connection between gun violence and mental illness?
After a mass shooting it’s common for analysts to examine the mental health of the suspect. But at a forum Friday hosted by the University of South Florida in Tampa, a behavioral sciences researcher downplayed...
Hillsborough trying to reduce violence in communities
Hillsborough County is looking at ways to cut down on violent crime by engaging communities. One way the Safe & Sound Hillsborough group has done that is by taking teens from the Grant Park Neighborhood...
