gun violence

Drawing of a row of four gunshot holes in a surface

Opinion March 24, 2025

Should Georgia Adopt A Red Flag Law?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Earlier this year, we got the terrible news that a longtime beloved co-worker lost a spouse to gun violence. He…

Opinion September 9, 2024

Which Gun Laws Work, And Which Do Not.

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College The killing at Winder Georgia’s Apalachee High School struck a nerve throughout the state. Everyone I’ve talked to has some…

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Politics July 15, 2024

‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

by Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13,…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle

Crime February 1, 2023

Cobb police investigate Marietta area shooting

According to a public information release from Officer S.A. Barner of the Cobb County Police Department, the department’s Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a shooting on Main Station Drive…

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…

Health Care June 11, 2022

Trauma Surgeons Detail the Horror of Mass Shootings in the Wake of Uvalde and Call for Reforms

Andy Miller and Lauren Sausser June 10, 2022 [This article by Andy Miller and Lauren Sausser first appeared in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission] When Dr. Roy Guerrero, a…

National June 8, 2022

‘My mom’s life mattered’: Son of Black shooting victim urges Congress to act

By Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — The son of a Black woman shot and killed by…

Health Care June 2, 2022

Children can be traumatized by tragedy, even far away

By Melanie Dallas, LPC Let me begin by saying I do not want to dwell on the event that prompted this article. Nor will I make any statements about politics…

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National May 27, 2022

6 charts shows key role firearms makers play in America’s gun culture

By Michael Siegel, Tufts University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass…

National May 26, 2022

How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today

By Robert Spitzer, State University of New York College at Cortland [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket…

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Transportation March 31, 2025

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