A bipartisan group of mayors, lawmakers and law enforcement officers in Alabama have endorsed a public safety package that would ban the devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns.
After a violent year with multiple mass shootings, Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers in both parties are supporting a ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.
Tuskegee University has cancelled classes for the remainder of the week to give students an extended period of healing after a mass shooting on Sunday that killed 18 year old La’Tavion Johnson and injured 16 others.
A balloon launch Friday evening at City Hall in downtown Montgomery honored and remembered victims of gun violence over the past year.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and Selma Mayor James Perkins, Jr. spoke on the need to do something about gun violence.
Critics say that despite YouTube’s rules and content moderation efforts, it’s failing to stop the spread of frightening videos that could traumatize children.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The grieving parents of the young man killed in a shootout in Valley Grande are speaking out against gun violence — and drugs. Warrent and Velma Reese are mourning the loss of their youngest child, Warrent Reese, II. Authorities say — Reese and two other men were involved in a shootout — as the result…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Law enforcement officials in West Alabama say the new concealed carry gun law — is going to make people in the state less safe. The law eliminates the background check and gun permit requirement — to carry a loaded handgun — concealed under clothes — in a bag — or in a car. Dallas Co….
Two people were shot Sunday.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed along with local, state, and federal law enforcement officials say they are doing everything they can to fight violent crime in the capital city. They announced the recent seizure of more than 100 guns taken off the streets in the last month alone. Interim Police Chief Ramona Harris says all of the guns laid out on…
