Five are dead and at least four others are injured after a shooter opened fire at an off-campus college Halloween party Thursday night in Orinda, Calif. The Orinda Police Department and Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the shooting. A suspect has yet to be named. The incident occurred…
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Suspect Brandon Ray Gonzales Arrested in Greenville, Texas Shooting
Police arrested suspect Brandon Ray Gonzales, 23, and charged him with capital murder Monday in the Greenville, Texas, party shooting that left two people dead and 12 others injured. The party took place Saturday night. Around midnight early Sunday, shots rang out at The Party Venue, an event space in…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to Ted Cruz: ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’
Ted Cruz said that Chicago’s strict gun laws are evidence that “gun control doesn’t work” after Labor Day weekend in the city saw seven people shot dead and 34 wounded. The city’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, quickly fought back with words of her own––and actual facts. “60% of illegal firearms recovered…
After Odessa, Texas Mass Shooting Still No GOP Support Behind Background Checks
On Saturday in Odessa, Texas, 36-year-old resident Seth Ator used a military-style rifle to open fire after a routine traffic stop. He first shot at Texas Department of Public Safety officials and then tried to escape in his vehicle, firing randomly at other pedestrians and drivers. Seven people were murdered…
U.S. Congress Finally Plans to Consider Law Restricting High-Capacity Gun Magazines
A mass shooting last month in Dayton, Ohio killed nine people and injured 27 others in only 30 seconds. In 2011 in Carson City, Nevada, after only 85 seconds a gunman had emptied several 30-round high-capacity gun magazines at an IHOP, killing four people and injuring 14. That is just…
Post Office Named After Black Hero Ryan Keith Cox
When a disgruntled employee opened fire at Virginia Beach municipal center on May 31, Ryan Keith Cox, an account clerk who had worked in the public utilities department for more than 12 years, saved several lives. Because of his heroics, Cox will have a post office named after him. The post office,…
Fruitport High School Renovated for the Future: Mass Shooters
Fruitport High School in Michigan is being considered a sign of the future. It is undergoing a $48 millionconstruction project that will add curved hallways to reduce a gunman’s bullet range, jutting barriers to provide cover and egress and spaced classrooms that can lock on demand and hide students in…
Video: Parkland Mass Shooting Survivors Unveil Gun Control Proposal
David Hogg, who is now 19, is one of the Parkland High School mass shooting survivors who took over the political scene with some fellow survivors and classmates in 2018. Hogg, who co-founded March for Our Lives, has thrown the weight of the organization behind a new and ambitious gun-control…
Beto O’Rourke and Other Presidential Hopefuls Support National Gun Licensing Program
2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke, who has been spending time in his hometown of El Paso, Tx. after the devastating, racially-motivated mass shooting, said on Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he supported a national gun licensing program. He’s not the only one taking that stance. “We…
Hospitalized Survivors of El Paso Shooting Refused to Meet with Trump
In the wake of the Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas mass shootings, President Trump visited the hospitals in both cities where injured survivors were receiving treatment. Despite Trump and his spokespeople declaring the success of the visits, none of the eight victims in the University Medical Center in El…