Philadelphia had the highest per-capita murder rate among the nation's largest cities last year and is on pace to stay on top in 2007.
Members of the state Legislature's Black Caucus staged a walkout last week to try to force a vote on several gun control proposals opposed by a large gun rights coalition.
Jen Rehill from Public Radio Capitol News in Harrisburg reports.
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