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It was standing room only at City Hall as more than 100 people gathered to sound off on a national gun violence coalition that Battle Creek has been asked to join. City commissioners held a workshop Tuesday to discuss whether to join Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a network of more than 900 cities.

Washington - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and 11 other Michigan municipal chiefs joined more 850 other mayors in backing legislation to ban high-capacity magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets. The coalition led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Thomas Menino sent a letter to congressional leaders backing legislation that seeks to prevent mass shootings by gunmen with high-capacity magazines.