Gun violence

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…

Georgia Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath succeeded Thursday in her years-long quest to get gun safety legislation passed. She led a Moms Demand Action rally in her suburban Atlanta district in 2019. Georgia Recorder/File

Gun violence June 11, 2022

U.S. House passes ‘red flag’ gun control bill from Georgia Rep. McBath

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 9, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Thursday passed a “red flag” gun…

Gun violence June 9, 2022

Rep. David Scott highlights gun violence legislation sponsored by Rep. McBath

Rep. David Scott of Georgia’s 13th Congressional highlighted two gun violence bills sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath in the following press release: Congressman David Scott (GA-13), chairman of the House…

Gun violence June 9, 2022

Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here’s what the data tells us

By Michael J. Klein, New York University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A spate of high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. has sparked calls for…

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Cobb County November 28, 2023