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![Students and residents commemorate those who lost their lives by laying flowers near the scene of a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-georgia-shooting-400x300.jpg)
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump React to School Shooting in Georgia
Four people — two teachers and two students — were killed by a 14-year-old student of the school.
![Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-surgeon-general-400x300.jpg)
US Surgeon General Calls Gun Violence a “Public Health Crisis” and Urges Action
On nearly every day of 2024 so far, a burst of gunfire has hit at least four people somewhere in the US.
![Gun safety and domestic violence prevention organizations hold a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the case of United States v. Rahimi on November 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0621-scotus-guns-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Upholds Law Barring Abusers With Restraining Orders From Keeping Firearms
The decision was 8-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas casting the dissenting vote.
![People displaying signs bearing messages like "protect kids not guns" gather for an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0424-tennessee-guns-400x300.jpg)
Rejecting Safety Amendments, TN GOP Passes Bill Allowing Handguns for Teachers
The legislation doesn’t allow schools or school districts to opt out of the program.
![A woman's silhoutte is seen against a red background with hand in sharp focus](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0213-red-silhouette-400x300.jpg)
States That Restrict Abortion Have Higher Rates of Intimate Partner Homicide
“[T]here’s an epidemic of preventable violence that disproportionately affects vulnerable populations,” one study finds.
![Police tape is pictured near the scene of the fatal fire in the Fairmount neighborhood on January 5, 2022, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2024_0101-Police-Tape-400x300.jpg)
Stop-and-Frisk Policing by Any Other Name Won’t Provide Safety in Philadelphia
Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker’s response to gun violence is more policing and the reintroduction of stop-and-frisk.
![Emily Wu Truong makes a heart out of wilted rose pedals for the Monterey Park mass shooting victims on January 31, 2023, at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1205-mass-shooting-vigil-400x300.jpg)
2023 Breaks Record for Most Mass Killings From Guns in a Single Year in the US
There have been 630 mass shootings in the U.S. since the start of 2023.
![Activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court before the start of oral arguments in the United States v. Rahimi second amendment case in Washington on November 7, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1107-disarm-domestic-violence-400x300.jpg)
Survivors Speak Out as Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Gun Rights Case
The decision could deny gun possession to those with domestic violence restraining orders against them.
![NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks to guests at the 2023 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum on April 13, 2023, in Indianapolis, Indiana.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1026-nra-400x300.jpg)
NRA Revenue Has Plummeted by Over 50 Percent Since 2016, Leaked Audit Shows
The National Rifle Association’s membership revenue dropped last year to levels not seen since at least the 2000s.
![An armed police officer guards the ambulance entrance to the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, early on October 26, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1026-maine-400x300.jpg)
New House Speaker Mike Johnson Urges “Prayer” in Response to Mass Shooting
Johnson “puts the gun lobby ahead of public safety every time," one gun reform group noted.