1-16-13: Decreasing gun violence, the history of the Maryland state flag, & waiting for weight loss




WYPR: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast Podcast show

Summary: President Obama is set today to lay out his proposals to cut gun violence. At a conference at Johns Hopkins, experts have been sharing ideas for curbing gun violence. We’ll get suggestions Stephen Teret, Director of the Center for Law and the Public's Health at Hopkins. Then, the latest installment in our series "Flags of Maryland." Today, why a Baltimore Presbyterian church decided to hang a gay pride flag, and a Dickeyville resident on the Missing in Action flag she flies in honor of her dad, who went missing before she was born. And--tired of magazines telling you to "lose weight now!"? Nutritionist Monica Reinagel tells Tom Hall about research that says losing weight is a long-term endeavor.