Another 6-year-old caught with a handgun at a school in Virginia
Another 6-year-old was caught with a handgun at an elementary school in Virginia. The young student's mom is now facing the consequences.
Supreme Court rejects bump stock ban cases
The Supreme Court says it won't take up two cases that involved challenges to a ban enacted during the Trump administration on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.
After school shootings, are states making classrooms safer?
Here is what several states have done to implement school safety in the wake of the Uvalde elementary school massacre.
States’ plans to make school safer reflect political divides
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, governors around the country vowed to take steps to ensure their students would be kept safe. Many Republicans have emphasized school security spending, while Democrats have called for tighter gun control.
2 in 10 Americans report experience with gun violence, AP-NORC poll finds
CDC data has shown a spike in gun violence since the pandemic, with gun-related homicides increasing across the country in large and small metro areas and in rural areas.
'Fund the police': Biden outlines crime plan, pushes assault weapons ban
Democrats and Republicans worked together in a rare effort to pass gun safety legislation earlier this year after massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
Most in US want stricter gun laws, AP-NORC poll finds
The poll found that 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans and a majority of those in gun-owning households.
Gun laws across the U.S.
A state-by-state look at gun control and weapons laws across the United States, including background checks, waiting periods, concealed and open carry permits, and assault weapons bans.
Legal expert breaks down Texas guns, good Samaritan laws explained
While most people by now know it took 400 officers 77 minutes to take down a school shooter in Uvalde, it took 1 civilian just two minutes to stop a gunman on a rampage at a mall in Indiana. FOX 26 hears from Letitia Quinones about Texas’ gun laws with respect to good Samaritans.
How closing 'boyfriend loophole' could prevent intimate partners from buying, processing a firearm
Celebrations among those who help survivors of domestic violence as we approach what they see as a very real possibility of closing the so-called "boyfriend loophole" to limit gun access for abusive partners.
Gun safety proposal announced by bipartisan group of Senators
Senate bargainers announced a bipartisan framework Sunday responding to last month’s mass shootings, a noteworthy though limited breakthrough offering modest gun curbs and bolstered efforts to improve school safety and mental health programs.
US House gun control bills not expected to become laws
The U.S. House is moving forward with more gun control measures, saying that they believe this can save lives but also saying they realized that they may never become law.
FOX Faceoff: Gun legislation in the wake of more mass shootings
Attorney Charles ‘Big Angry’ Adams and Community Activist Charles Adams continue the conversation about gun laws in the wake of mass shootings across the U.S.
Teachers outraged NRA Convention resumes days after mass shooting at elementary school in Uvalde
Teachers from across the country have gathered in Houston, furious that the NRA Convention is being held, and are calling for stricter gun laws.
Texas school shooting may have broken complete stalemate over gun reform proposals
The Uvalde shooting has politicians on both sides of the aisle talking about guns, but will anything meaningful happen this time around? FOX 26 Political Reporter Greg Groogan spoke with state, local and national leaders about the path forward.
Has arming teachers in Navasota ISD kept children safe?
The deadly massacre in Uvalde is reigniting the big conversation about how to keep kids in school safe. Navasota ISD has been letting certain staff members carry concealed weapons on campus for the past few years. We learn how the ‘guardian plan’ has been working.
Lawmakers say state leaders are to blame for rampant gun violence
The conversation about guns and gun laws continues and we hear from a Texas lawmaker who says she’s working to make families safer.
Gov. Abbott signs 7 gun bills including permitless carry
Governor Greg Abbott put pen to paper and signed the so-called Permitless Carry bill into law along with several other measures. FOX 26 political reporter Greg Groogan is here to break it down.