Feb 19 Donald Trump said he supports stronger FBI gun checks By Associated Press The White House said Sunday the president will host a "listening session" with students and teachers this week, but offered no details on who would attend or what would be discussed. Continue reading
Feb 19 Analysis: How defeatism undermines tougher gun laws By Alec MacGillis, ProPublica Congress has failed repeatedly to pass any gun-control measures after past calamities, even the 2012 massacre of 20 first-graders and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Continue reading
Feb 16 Little action in Congress after shootings, despite lots of talk By Matthew Daly, Associated Press In a rare comment that appeared unscripted, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he would speak to Trump and fellow Cabinet members about gun violence. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 5:01 The national response to mass shootings is stuck on repeat By PBS News Hour The shooting at a school in Florida has set in motion a familiar pattern: Shock and grief give way to condolences and calls for greater gun control. But that pattern has been playing out for years and, at least in… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 14:22 Shootings are terrorizing America. There are real ways to stop them By PBS News Hour There have been so many deadly mass shootings in America that one could easily feel powerless in stopping them. What is the way forward? Judy Woodruff talks to Kristina Anderson of the Koshka Foundation for Safe Schools, Robert Draper of… Continue watching
Dec 06 WATCH: Las Vegas shooting survivor, ATF head testify in Senate hearing on gun background checks By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Today's hearing will include testimony from Heather Gooze, who held a dying stranger in her arms amid the Las Vegas shooting in October. Watch the hearing here. Continue reading
Nov 28 Air Force says it failed to report several dozen criminal histories to the FBI By Robert Burns, Associated Press This was the most specific acknowledgement by the Air Force that its failure to report the criminal history of the Texas church shooter was part of a pattern of reporting lapses. Continue reading
Nov 17 After mass shootings, should legal guns be welcomed into church? By Michael Boulter Churches have often been a place for people on the margins to come in and feel welcomed. But that openness can also be a threat. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 12:48 Texas community that's tight-knit 'like family' reels from church murders By PBS News Hour The First Baptist Church in the small town of Sutherland Springs was the site of the largest mass shooting in Texas history on Sunday. Twenty-six-year-old Devin Kelley opened fire during services, killing 26 people and wounding 20. John Yang speaks… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 8:13 How are mass killings and domestic violence linked? By PBS News Hour The man who shot and killed dozens at a Texas church had been convicted of assaulting his wife and a child, and he may have been motivated by a "domestic situation," say officials. The latest tragedy underscores a link between… Continue watching