Parkland father arrested during House hearing on gun rights - Roll Call A man whose son was killed in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting was arrested outside a hearing on Second Amendment rights. Roll Call · Mar 23, 2023
Suspect in Denver's East High School shooting is dead, authorities confirm A 17-year-old student who shot two administrators at East High School on Wednesday has been found dead in a nearby county, local authorities said. One victim remains in critical condition. WEKU · Mar 23, 2023
Florida House panel backs law that would lower rifle-buying age to 18 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The minimum age of a person to buy a rifle and other long guns in Florida could be lowered from age 21 to age 18, reversing legislation enacted after Parkland’s school shooting. Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2023
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s new priority bills focus on school safety, requiring districts to adopt active-shooter plans More than nine months after the Uvalde school shooting, top GOP lawmakers maintain focus on school safety reforms and investments in mental health resources in hopes it will prevent future tragedies. The Texas Tribune · Mar 9, 2023
How a Texas girl scared of school shootings was punished DALLAS — The 13-year-old girl was in gym class when she said she heard a boy tell another classmate, “Don’t come to school tomorrow.” Tribune News Service · Mar 5, 2023
Texas congressman's breaks with GOP could lead to censure Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is facing a rare potential censure back home over votes that included supporting new gun safety laws after the Uvalde school shooting that was in his district The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023
Texas Education Agency would have new power to enforce school safety plans under Senate bill The bill, introduced months after the Uvalde school shooting, also allocates more funds to the state’s school safety allotment, which is money given to districts to improve campus security. The Texas Tribune · Mar 3, 2023
New Mexico teen pleads no contest in fatal school shooting A 14-year-old New Mexico boy accused of shooting and killing a classmate in 2021 has pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree murder The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023
Katy Perry cries US ‘has failed us’ as school shooting survivor’s American Idol audition leaves her in tears ‘This is not ok. You should be singing here because you love music, not because you had to go through that f***ing bulls***,’ Perry told contestant The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
Families of Uvalde victims confront Texas' police chief Family members of victims killed in the Uvalde school shooting have confronted Texas’ police chief in an emotional end to a day of protests at the state Capitol over gun laws The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
Tears for school shooting survivor's 'American Idol' tryout An emotional audition on “American Idol” by a survivor of a Texas high school shooting prompted tears from the judges and criticism of the country’s response to gun violence The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023
MTG: I was "attacked" in a restaurant Critics responded by pointing out the time Greene chased and harassed a school shooting survivor Salon · Feb 28, 2023
Katy Perry cries US ‘has failed us’ as school shooting survivor’s American Idol audition leaves her in tears ‘This is not ok. You should be singing here because you love music, not because you had to go through that f***ing bulls***,’ Perry told contestant The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023
Harry Styles praised for 'saving lives' as he joins forces with charity to end gun violence Hitmaker Harry Styles has been widely praised after partnering with a charity which helps to end gun violence following a string of school shootings in America Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023
Chicago Tribune · Feb 23, 2023 Commentary: Despite the divisive rhetoric, local schools and communities are not at odds Schools across the country face enormous challenges nowadays. Keeping students and teachers safe from violence is the No. 1 priority. School shootings have become so common that we are no longer surprised when they happen. There were more than 300 shooting incidents on school grounds last year, easily surpassing the…
Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2023 Commentary: How repeat exposure to shootings like Michigan State’s traumatizes young people — and what we can do about it Yet again this week we are grappling with the news of another mass shooting on school grounds, this time at Michigan State University. Last Monday’s shooting took place on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the attack that killed 17 students and staffers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School…
Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2023 'We've been through this before,' say some Oxford families with MSU students DETROIT — When Oxford High School alumna Maya Clemens first heard that there was an active shooter Monday night on Michigan State University's campus, she was in shock.
Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023 Editorial: The school shooting generation Look at the faces of Michigan State University students as they ran down staircases, jumped behind low walls and barricaded themselves in dorms and classroom buildings when a gunman opened fire on campus Monday night.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 16, 2023 Editorial: Students who endured two school shootings are a testament to America's failure A sobering footnote to Monday’s mass shooting at Michigan State University is not about the three dead victims but rather some of the survivors — including a college student who, 10 years ago, was among the children who lived through the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut that took…
USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 15, 2023 WATCH: Duke University Chapel pays tribute to MSU by playing fight song following campus shooting One of MSU's biggest basketball rivals paid tribute to the Spartans following Monday night's school shooting
Salon · Feb 14, 2023 MSU survivors' heartbreaking responses Some students who survived Monday's shooting also survived the Oxford school shooting 14 months earlier
The Conversation · Feb 14, 2023 Five years after Parkland shooting, a school psychologist offers insights on helping students and teachers deal with grief Whenever a school shooting takes place, school officials often arrange for grief counseling services to be made available for whoever needs them. But what exactly do those services entail?
The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023 Texas state police won't punish more officers over Uvalde Texas state police say no more of its officers will face discipline over the response to the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead
Salon · Feb 10, 2023 School shootings are killing more people Since Parkland, there have been over 900 shootings in K-12 school settings including the mass casualties in Uvalde
The Conversation · Feb 9, 2023 Five years after Parkland, school shootings haven't stopped, and kill more people In the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting on Valentine’s Day 2018, many Americans hoped that, finally, something would be done to address the problem of gun violence in the nation’s schools.