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With Tampa gun violence on the rise, survivors sound alarm, officials seek solutions
While violent crime is down nationally, a recent spate of fatal shootings in Tampa has people on edge and wondering what can be done. Fatal shootings in neighborhoods like Hyde Park and New Tampa, where...
Florida to become permitless carry state on July 1
Florida’s new permitless carry law will go into effect this Saturday, and some Floridians are concerned about gun violence.
MidPoint: More Mass Shootings Require More Gun Safety
After the horrific mass shooting in Buffalo, New York that killed 10, the conversation surrounding gun safety and gun control continues. Groups calling for gun reform continue to advocate for heightened restrictions, while others, like...
Activists are hopeful ahead of Gun Violence Awareness Day
With the annual Gun Violence Awareness Day approaching on June 4, activists are hopeful the current Democratic leadership in Washington DC will bring gun regulation reform. “I think we have right now the strongest chance...
Moms Demand Action will head to Florida’s capital to push for gun laws
A group advocating sensible gun safety laws wants the Florida Legislature to pass universal background checks on all firearms purchases. We continue the discussion on gun violence and gun safety. Both guests on MidPoint were...
Nine of Florida’s Congressional District 15 candidates tussle in Tampa
There are twelve candidates running for Congress for the District 15 seat being vacated by Lakeland’s Dennis Ross. Nine of them debated Friday at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. The three Democrats and six Republicans...
Moms Demand Action after latest mass school shooting
Another mass school shooting prompts us to take another look on WMNF’s MidPoint at the epidemic of gun violence in the United States; our guests in the studio are part of a group looking for...
MidPoint for Thursday, March 1- The gun debate in Florida
Fifteen days after the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, school and gun safety measures continue to be debated in the state Capitol. We talked about those proposals during today’s...
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....
Moms Demand Action for Gunsense Tries to Reduce Gun Deaths in America
Event Happening this Weekend to Raise Awareness of Gun Violence Earlier this year the Tampa Bay Times reported that “between 2010 and 2015, nearly 3,200 kids 17 and younger were killed or injured by firearms....
