6 days ago · ATLANTA (AP) — A day after Georgia Republican House Speaker Jon Burns unveiled school safety legislation, Democrats and families from Apalachee High School said they want more — namely, gun safety laws.. Both efforts to curb the gun violence come months after a mass shooting at Apalachee, the school northeast of Atlanta where a 14-year-old boy stands accused of killing two teachers and two ...

Jan 29, 2025 · COLDSPRING, Texas (AP) — A man accused of killing five people in Texas in 2023 after a neighbor complained that he was keeping a baby awake by firing a gun in his yard late at night pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder charges and will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole, a prosecutor said.. Francisco Oropeza, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty to capital murder of multiple ...

1 day ago · Shooting deaths in the United States hit a historic high in 2021 after rising the prior year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That trend has since reversed, with numbers falling each year through 2024, according to the Gun Violence Archive.. But …

Jan 28, 2025 · CNN reports mass shootings based on data from the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization that tracks gun violence in the United States. CNN and the GVA define a mass shooting as one that...

Dec 17, 2024 · There have been more than 488 mass shootings across the US so far in 2024, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more...

Jan 22, 2025 · The Antioch shooting could lead to renewed public efforts at the state Capitol for gun safety reform. The Covenant shooting sparked massive public protests in its immediate aftermath and led to ...

Sep 23, 2024 · Four people were killed and 17 others were injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday evening in a bustling entertainment district in Birmingham, Alabama, in what police now believe was a...

May 26, 2022 · In the United States, gun violence incidents are on the rise. In 2021, nearly 21,000 people were killed by firearms (not including suicides), according to the Gun Violence Archive, an online...

Two students and two teachers were killed in the shooting yesterday at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, Nine others were injured and are expected to recover. The 14-year-old suspect,...

Guns were the leading cause of death among children & teens (ages 1-17), accounting for more deaths than car crashes, overdoses, or cancers. 1 While the burden of gun violence remains high, there are evidence-based, equitable solutions to prevent gun violence.