There are 11 article(s) tagged mass shootings:

• July 2023

  • Opinion: To reduce gun violence, treat it as a public health issue

    “The debate must be removed from the political arena. Focus must remain on addressing gun violence as a public health problem.”

    By Martin Croce July 19, 2023

• May 2023

  • Gov. Lee, other TN leaders hope for gun safety laws in summer special session

    During a visit to Memphis, Gov. Bill Lee said a special legislative session, likely this summer, will consider several options from him and legislators of both parties.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2023

• April 2023

  • Memphis private schools look to increase security following school shooting in Nashville

    Memphis-area private schools are re-assessing the safety and security measures they have in place to protect students.

    By Aarron Fleming April 04, 2023

• March 2023

  • Three adults, three children killed in shooting at Nashville private school

    All three children had gunshot wounds, officials said. They were pronounced dead upon arrival at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. The identities of the deceased have now been released. 

    By The Associated Press March 28, 2023

• June 2022

  • Conaway: School lessons in heroism

    “We lead the world in gun violence and mass shootings, rampages with numerous people shot and killed. Our governor is a coward. All who take gun money in the face of this reality are cowards.”

    By Dan Conaway June 24, 2022

• May 2022

  • Morris: What would Jesus do? Does that question matter anymore?

    We won’t get anywhere if we respond to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting by only, once again, calling for legal changes that will have little chance of being enacted. We need to sit down in our houses of worship and come up with concrete ways to draw close to the children Jesus loves.

    By G. Scott Morris May 29, 2022

  • Sanford: Racial and ethnic diversity is something to embrace, not fear

    “The internet is full of screeds and bellowing referencing the fringe theory that white Americans are slowly but surely becoming extinct.”

    By Otis Sanford May 19, 2022

• November 2021

  • Why the uptick in workplace shootings and how do we react?

    The sudden rise of workplace shootings may be attributed to the stress of coming out of COVID, said Dr. Stephen Watts, a criminologist and victimologist in Memphis. 

    By Julia Baker November 07, 2021

• October 2021

  • Last Collierville victims released; police chief notes quick response time

    The final two victims who survived the Sept. 23 tragedy have been released from local hospitals.

    By Abigail Warren October 18, 2021

• September 2021

  • Elected officials react to Collierville shooting

    Some of the reaction called for an immediate look at the causes of such violence as part of a national debate while others called for supporting those grieving from the loss of life, at least for now.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2021

• May 2021

  • What is the cure for the gun-violence epidemic?

    Daily street homicides and highly publicized mass shootings have several things in common, and the easy access of guns is just one of them.

    By Don Wade May 16, 2021