Gun violence

WATCH: Biden thanks Tennessee 3 for ‘standing up for our kids’

By Chris Megerian, Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Monday welcomed to the Oval Office the three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse.

Officials to investigate case involving homeowner shooting at car after wrong turn

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

The couple whose car was fired on was making a grocery delivery when they turned into the wrong driveway. The shooter says he fired after the car ran over his foot. The couple denies that.

Gunfire at prom after-party in Texas injures 9 teens, police say

By Associated Press

Deputies in Jasper County said they responded just after midnight to shots fired at a home where the party was held and found nine victims with gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening.

Mass shootings in U.S. on a record pace in 2023 so far

By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press, Larry Fenn, Associate Press

The carnage has taken 88 lives in 17 mass killings over 111 days. Each time, the killers wielded firearms.

Semi-automatic rifle ban passes Washington Legislature, governor expected to sign

By Lisa Baumann, Associated Press

The measure would cover more than 50 types of guns, including AR- or AK-style rifles. It bans the future sale, distribution, manufacture and importation of these firearms. The bill will go into effect immediately once it's signed.

3 charged with murder in Sweet 16 shooting

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Two teenagers and a 20-year-old man have been arrested and charged with reckless murder in connection with a shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party in rural Alabama, investigators announced Wednesday.

Uvalde families plead for stricter gun laws nearly a year after mass shooting

By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press

Next month is the anniversary of the Robb Elementary School attack that left 21 people dead. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP leaders have not softened in opposing tougher gun laws.

WATCH: ‘Tennessee Three’ to visit Biden next week, White House says

By Associated Press

Three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion votes after participating in protests over last month's school shooting in Nashville will visit the White House to meet with President Joe Biden on Monday.

Texas cheerleaders shot after one says she mistakenly got in the wrong car

By Associated Press

Authorities say a man shot and wounded two cheerleaders in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one of them said she mistakenly got into his car thinking it was her own.

Tennessee legislature passes bill further protecting gun companies from lawsuits

By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

In the wake of a deadly school shooting last month, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are sending to Republican Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that further protects gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits.