#gunlaws — Public Fediverse posts
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Police said they responded to the home on Sunday evening and heard gunshots coming from out back, just before the house was completely engulfed in flames. They confirmed multiple fatalities, including one person with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
#law #GunControl #GunLaws #RedFlagLaws #GunViolence #MassShooting
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Heslin & Lewis’s 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among 20 children & 6 educators killed in the 2012 attack in Newtown, Connecticut. The lawsuit & 2022 verdict against #AlexJones marked the first time Jones was held financially liable for peddling #lies about the #massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten #GunLaws.
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A #shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern #Idaho on Saturday afternoon left multiple people dead & others injured, police said.
The shooter was among the dead, Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said in a news conference. Police were still trying to determine the shooter’s identity & motive.
“We believe the threat to the community is over,” Hicks said.
#MassShooting #law #GunLaws #GunControl #GunViolence
https://apnews.com/article/shooting-idaho-twin-falls-15be31e5c532e7dfe4b7108d83dd47be -
Colin Gray, the father who gave the #gun to the #Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to serve 15 years in prison
#law #MassShooting #SchoolShooting #guns #GunLaws #GunControl #GunViolence #EnoughIsEnough
https://apnews.com/article/apalachee-georgia-school-shooting-colin-gray-5a466d925a4525aa1a51ed9c48e6ec97 -
#Georgia Teen, Colt Gray, now 16, Is Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Deadly #SchoolShooting
The boy pleaded guilty to 55 charges stemming from the 2024 attack at #ApalacheeHighSchool in Winder, GA, that killed 2 students & 2 teachers.
#law #GunLaws #GunControl #MassShooting #EnoughIsEnough
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/colt-gray-sentenced-apalachee-high-school-shooting.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
The #Seattle PD is investigating a #shooting at the #SeattleCenter with “multiple victims.”
“More information to come,” officials said in a statement. “Please avoid the area.”
Harborview Medical Center said it will be receiving people injured from the event at the Seattle Center.
The Seattle Center was hosting its annual Bite of Seattle festival this weekend, featuring hundreds of local vendors & live music performances.
#MassShooting #law #GunLaws #GunControl
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/us/seattle-center-shooting-festival?cid=ios_app -
Teenager pleads guilty to all 55 counts in 2024 fatal #shooting at #ApalacheeHighSchool in #Georgia
Colt Gray, 16, entered the plea Friday without having reached a deal with prosecutors. He had previously pleaded not guilty to charges in the Sept 4, 2024, shooting that killed 2 students & 2 teachers, & left several others wounded, at the high school about 45 miles (73 km) northeast of Atlanta.
#law #GunLaws #GunControl #SchoolShooting #EnoughIsEnough #MentalHealth
https://apnews.com/article/apalachee-georgia-school-shooting-colt-gray-8be7ba5efae9cce53e0f8c61253a5f1b -
Police responding to the call at about 10:35PM found 8 people with gunshot wounds: four boys ages 6, 7, 12 & 14; two women, ages 21 & 25; & two men, ages 33 & 37, the NYPD said.
The 21-year-old woman & the 33-year-old man were both shot in the chest, the 6-year-old was shot in the abdomen, & the three older boys were shot in the leg or thigh, police said.
The 21-year-old woman is in critical condition, while the 7 other victims are stable, acc/to police. -
At least 8 people, including 4 children, were shot during a #July4th barbecue in the #ConeyIsland neighborhood of #Brooklyn Saturday, acc/to police.
As family celebrated #IndependenceDay in the courtyard of a home, an unknown man dressed in all black & wearing a black ski mask approached the fence line along Surf Ave & fired multiple rounds into the courtyard before fleeing on foot, NYPD Com Jessica Tisch told reporters Sunday.
#MassShooting #law #GunLaws #GunControl
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/us/july-4-shooting-coney-island -
Chris Hosey, the director of the #Georgia Bureau of Investigation [#GBI], said the charges stem from Gray “knowingly allowing” his son to possess a weapon.
Gray is in custody & the charges are “directly connected with the actions of his son & allowing him to possess a weapon,” Hosey said.
#accountability #law #GunLaws #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
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Records from an eviction the previous year show that #ColinGray owned several weapons, including an #AR15, the type of firearm that ofcls say was used in the #SchoolShooting on Wed morning at #ApalacheeHighSchool in #Winder, #Georgia.
Mr. Gray said he wanted to get his son, Colt, now 14, interested in the outdoors, & away from video games…. The son, then 13, had recently shot his first deer, & his father kept a photo on his phone of the animal’s blood smeared on the boy’s cheeks…
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“There are too many people who are able to access #guns that shouldn’t be able to,” President #Biden said in his first remarks about the #Georgia #SchoolShooting. “Let’s require safe storage of firearms. I know I have mine locked up,” he said, adding, “You've got to hold #parents accountable if they let their child have access to these guns.”
#accountability #law #GunLaws #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
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Father of Teen Suspect Charged in #Georgia #SchoolShooting
The father, Colin Gray, was charged with 4 counts of involuntary #manslaughter, 2 counts of second-degree #murder & 8 counts of #cruelty to #children, the authorities said.
#law #GunLaws #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/05/us/georgia-school-shooting/7021d242-26af-55cb-959e-f74ad394eae6?smid=url-share