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Gun safety advocates call for change at Georgia Capitol in first session after Apalachee shooting
An Apalachee High School student is urging lawmakers to consider the issue of firearm access in their talks about improving school safety in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in Winder, Georgia, five months ago.
After September’s deadly school shooting in Georgia, a call goes out for greater gun control
A Georgia Democratic lawmaker is pushing for stricter gun safety laws to stem a tide of violence like the mass shooting last September at a high school northeast of Atlanta.
Georgia parties have differing ideas in response to Apalachee shooting
Georgia Democrats have long seen gun restrictions as an answer to curbing gun violence, but as the minority party, their legislation has had nearly no impact. State Rep. Michelle Au said she applauds Burns’ attention to school safety and even agrees with many aspects of his proposals, especially in focusing resources on student mental health.
Apalachee High student, families go to GA Capitol demanding tougher school safety, gun storage laws
At the Georgia State Capitol, a student from Apalachee High School and members of the Apalachee family came together with lawmakers to demand action on school safety, and tougher laws for guns and safe storage.
Father of Apalachee High School shooting victim backs Georgia push to track students
Georgia's state House speaker wants a statewide student database of disciplinary, mental health and law enforcement information to determine which students might commit violence at school.
Apalachee High School students call for change with walkout
Students who survived the deadly shooting are calling for stricter laws to prevent school shootings in the future.
Apalachee High students, families push for school safety legislation in wake of tragedy
Students, teachers, and grieving families from Apalachee High School are demanding lawmakers take the next step to pass safe storage laws.
Georgia House Speaker pushes for school safety legislation after Apalachee shooting
To prevent future school shootings like the one that occurred at Apalachee High School last September, House Speaker Jon Burns said he will support the development of a statewide database that would contain information about students’ mental health history.
Georgia legislators unveiled school safety initiative
Georgia legislators unveiled a series of proposals concerning school safety this week.  Last September, four people were killed at Apalachee High School just to the east of Atlanta. The perpetrator in that shooting was a 14 year old student.
Georgia representatives push for safety with families from Apalachee High School
This comes after a school safety package was proposed
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Apalachee HS shooting victim's brother demands better security in Barrow County schools
It's been five months since the mass shooting at Apalachee High School and parents continue to push for stronger safety ...
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Georgia House speaker calls for database to track troubled students, anonymous app to report threats
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns announce Feb. 3 Republican school safety legislative platform following Barrow County school ...
Georgia House Speaker introduces new bill aimed at school safety
Among other things, the plan would create a school and student database operated by GEMA to collect and evaluate data to ...