Gun violence

Gun violence December 22, 2022

After substation shooting, federal regulator orders review of security standards

by Robert Zullo, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 21, 2022 Less than two weeks after gunfire damaged two Duke Energy substations…

Gun violence November 24, 2022

Suspect in the Colorado LGBTQ shootings faces hate crimes charges – what exactly are they?

by Jeannine Bell, Loyola University Chicago [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 22-year-old suspected shooter at a gay night club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who…

Gun violence November 23, 2022

Rampage at Virginia Walmart follows upward trend in supermarket gun attacks – here’s what we know about retail mass shooters

by Jillian Peterson, Hamline University and James Densley, Metropolitan State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A gun rampage at a Walmart in Virginia is…

Gun violence November 22, 2022

Red flag laws and the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting — questions over whether the state’s protection order could have prevented tragedy

Alex McCourt, Johns Hopkins University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The killing of five patrons in a Colorado LGBTQ bar on Nov. 19, 2022, is…

Gun violence July 28, 2022

Gun company CEOs tell Congress they’re not to blame for mass shootings

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the States Newsroom and in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]July 27, 2022 WASHINGTON — The CEOs of major gun…

Gun violence July 16, 2022

SPLC condemns Cobb County School Board’s decision to arm non-police personnel

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County school board’s decision to arm school employees endangers lives, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement released today. With a vote of…

Gun violence July 15, 2022

Cobb School Board authorizes superintendent to arm staff in wake of Uvalde tragedy

By Rebecca Gaunt A policy allowing the superintendent to authorize specific district employees to carry guns on Cobb County school property passed Thursday, as members of the audience protested so…

Grainy old photo of the outlaw Grat Dalton

Gun violence June 29, 2022

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

By Pierre M. Atlas, IUPU [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it…

Students and adults marched through Atlanta June 11 to call for gun safety reforms. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

Gun violence June 14, 2022

Echoing 2018, Georgia youth rally for gun law changes

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 13, 2022 Chloe Lipton of Fulton County experienced her first active shooter drill when…

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