Three Latinx women stand up, speak out and lead their community against gun violence.

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2019-2024: An interactive map for five years of school gun violence in Georgia.

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Georgia prosecutors allege a father’s actions led to the mass Apalachee High School shooting.

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Warnings came a week prior ... the reactions came too late to stop the killings.

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Here are three ways communities could lessen gun violence in and around schools.

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One teacher said, “I don’t expect anybody to take advantage of it.”

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Records reaffirm law enforcement failed to engage the gunman who killed 21 people.

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Tennessee joined eight other states in allowing school employees to carry guns on K-12 campuses.

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Heather Martin discusses how her experience at Columbine influenced her education and her teaching.

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Some experts say the measures can counteract a crucial tool for safety: threat assessments.

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Some worry that expansion of charges against parents would disproportionately affect minority/poor parents.

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Only about 40% of firearm owners store their guns when not in use.

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Only two states have laws that require active shooter training for all officers.

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About three-quarters of school shooters obtain their guns from a parent or another relative.

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In the spring of ninth grade, a murder at a party changed my life.

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188 school shootings occurred during the 2021-22 academic year according to recent federal data.

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Educational settings were the second most common location of active shooter incidents.

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Black youth have the fastest rising suicide rate among their peers of other races/ethnicities.

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A study of young gun carriers in NYC sheds a light on their perspective.

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"They were having fun in the beginning, but you know kids ... they started drinking ... "

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