gun violence

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…

a red brick building housing Glock, Inc.

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…

A crowd gathered at a press release with Gov. Brian Kemp to mark the passage of the recent gun law by Georgia GOP legislators

Georgia April 13, 2022

Georgia law nixes permit requirement for firearms as gun politics gin up GOP base

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [First published in the Georgia Recorder republished with permission]April 13, 2022 The first political event 30-year-old Nick Champion ever attended was Tuesday outside a sporting…

Major (now Sheriff) Craig Owens speaking at South Cobb Business Associations luncheon used in article about Owens statement on attacks on Asian-Americans

Cobb County March 23, 2021

Sheriff Owens issues statement on Boulder mass shootings.

Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens issued a statement this morning on Monday’s mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado that left ten people dead, including a police officer….

Cobb County December 28, 2019

Multiple injuries in gunfire on Ridenour Parkway

Gunfire on Ridenour Parkway Friday afternoon resulted in injuries to multiple victims. None of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening at this time, but four people, all in their…

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