Gun Violence

The amount of time that elapsed has stirred anger and questions among family members, who demanded to know why officials did not storm the place and put a stop to the rampage.

Philadelphia nonprofit organizations are now pushing to make trauma education more available to families.

While reintroducing his own legislation to control guns and ammunition, Gov. Murphy calls out G.O.P. efforts to unravel the state’s current gun restrictions.

The efforts are designed to fight an increasing wave of violence in the city which is approaching 200 murders not even halfway through 2022.

The bill has spent more than a year in the Judiciary Committee, where the Republican chairman has bottled up most proposals to regulate or restrict firearms.

Ron Avi Astor, a mass shooting expert and professor, said the approach to gun law reform should begin at the community level, with discussions between schools and residents.

Tuesday's assault at Robb Elementary School was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary.

President Biden delivered an emotional call for new restrictions on firearms after a gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.

The Democrat gave an impassioned speech, urging his colleagues to finally find a compromise.

The attack on Tuesday was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.

The current tally is about 7% behind the record for homicides set in 2021, but Philadelphia’s DA is still cautious after a weekend where six were killed.

The goal is to support groups with small budgets through a microgrant to help them expand and prevent violence on the neighborhood level.

Buffalo consistently ranks as one of the most segregated cities in the nation.

In many schools, the Buffalo shooting and others before it have prompted staff discussions on how they might respond to students' threats of violence.

Sajda “Purple” Blackwell and her husband Tommy Blackwell have long been running neighborhood patrols, food distributions and other events intended to curb gun violence.