Tag: mass shooting

With the suspect now in custody, questions about gun safety, political will, and legislative inaction are dominating the conversation.

Renowned author and Maine native Stephen King took to social media to express his frustration, igniting a conversation that goes beyond mere thoughts and prayers.

Between 15 and 22 people were killed and scores wounded Wednesday night in the city of Lewiston, Maine.

If thoughts and prayers alone worked to stop gun violence, there wouldn't have been a shooting at a Christian elementary school. It's your actions - including weakening the state's gun laws - that's killing kids in Tennessee.

According to an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, the majority of the state’s 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms.

"Every time you vote for a lawmaker who opposes gun safety, you’re voting for policies that make it more likely your loved one will be slaughtered."

The Virginia shooting comes days after a gunman killed five people at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs.

"Republicans will tell you the solution is some more guns. On November 8, you need to tell them they're full of shit."

Jurors in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom "found that mitigating factors, such as disorders described by witnesses as stemming from his biological mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, outweighed aggravating factors," therefore, decided against the death penalty.

Along with the company—which plaintiffs argue violated a consumer protection law—the families and victims sued an online retailer and local gun store.