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News Articles: gun control

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson speaks during a news conference at the Savannah Civic Center on Tuesday, April 8.

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  • Politics

Savannah mayor: Locked gun ordinance 'lives to fight another day' as GOP challenge fails at Capitol

Failed legislation would have given legal standing for citizens to sue municipalities for local gun-control ordinances.

April 09, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
Georgia Sen. Colton Moore (R-Trenton) speaks on the Senate floor on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in support of a bill he introduced which counters a local gun-control ordinance in Savannah.

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate passes bill targeting Savannah gun ordinance on unlocked vehicle storage

The bill's fate in the House may be troubled, as its chief sponsor was recently banned from that chamber's floor.

March 10, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, announces plans for an increased state income tax deduction for children Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. The increased deduction could save parents about $55 per child per year, or about $150 million statewide.

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  • News

Georgia Republican leader seeks policy changes after school shooting but Democrats want more

Georgia's state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta. But Republican Jon Burns is stopping short of Democratic demands.

September 13, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Anti-gun violence press conference

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  • News

Georgia House Democrats call for a special session to address gun violence after Apalachee shooting

Democratic state representatives and mothers gathered at the state capitol on Friday to advocate for legislation aimed at preventing gun violence. 

September 09, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago.

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  • Politics

Democrats stress gun violence prevention on convention’s final night

The final night of the Democratic National Convention included a lineup of lawmakers and others who have long advocated for gun safety and have dealt with the aftermath of gun violence in their communities — including Georgia's Lucy McBath.

August 23, 2024
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  • Ariana Figueroa
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks during an event on the White House in April. The nation's top doctor has issued an advisory about the public health risks of widespread gun violence.

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  • Health

The surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis. What does that do?

The nation's top doctor issued an advisory on Tuesday declaring gun violence a public health crisis and prescribing policy changes to treat it as such. It's both unprecedented and unenforceable.

June 25, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
President Biden gestures after speaking about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisc., on Monday.

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  • Politics

Wisconsin's 'Mad City' is a rational choice for Biden's appeal to youth

It is not much of an exaggeration, if it is one at all, that college towns are to the Democrats today what factory towns were through most of the 20th century.

April 13, 2024
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  • Ron Elving
Flowers, candles and mementos sit outside one of the makeshift memorials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida just days after the deadly shooting in 2018.

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  • Politics

Gun violence killed them. Now, their voices will lobby Congress to do more using AI

On the 6th anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., gun control advocates experiment with AI-generated audio messages of recreated voices of victims of gun violence pleading for change.

February 14, 2024
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  • Elena Moore
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee in July 2022.

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  • Obituaries

Dianne Feinstein, longest serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90

Feinstein suddenly became the mayor of San Francisco when two other officials were assassinated. Later she was elected to the U.S. Senate after male senators grilled Anita Hill in public hearings.

September 29, 2023
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  • Scott Shafer
Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, left, and Justin Jones, D-Nashville, speak to reporters outside the West Wing after meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023.

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  • Politics

The 2 expelled members of the 'Tennessee 3' win back their state House seats

Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones advanced Thursday through a special election to fully reclaim their positions.

August 04, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Jason Aldean performs during CMA Fest 2022 in Nashville, Tenn., on June 9, 2022. Country Music Television removed Aldean's music video for the newly released single “Try That in a Small Town."

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  • News

Jason Aldean's new music video was filmed at a lynching site. A big country music network pulled it

Country music star Jason Aldean has released a controversial music video for his latest single, "Try That In A Small Town." Country Music Television removed it Monday from rotation, three days after its release.

July 20, 2023
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  • Associated Press
 Sen. Raphael Warnock, left and Rep. Lucy McBath, right, urge Congress to take up new gun regulations.

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  • News

Warnock, McBath join president’s call for new gun restrictions in wake of mass shootings

On Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the 2018 Sante Fe High School shooting that left 10 people dead and 13 others wounded, President Joe Biden issued a statement urging Congress to act on a list of gun safety proposals.

May 19, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Noah Reich, left, and David Maldonado, the Los Angeles co-founders of Classroom of Compassion, put up a memorial Nov. 22, 2022, with photographs of the five victims of a weekend mass shooting at a nearby gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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  • National

Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre

The new laws are aimed at quelling rising suicides and youth violence, preventing mass shootings and opening avenues for gun violence victims to sue the long-protected firearm industry.

April 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
 Rep. Michelle Au, left, presents her gun storage bill. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Firearm safety bill gets rare hearing in GOP-controlled Georgia Legislature

A Georgia House subcommittee heard testimony on a bill aimed at punishing gun owners who negligently allow firearms to fall into the hands of unsupervised children.

March 17, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Clayton County Schools

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  • News

Georgia schools struggle with how to stop violence at their doors

In a moment where gun violence has reached record highs, educators say they alone can’t keep students safe.

October 19, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
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