Gun Violence

Federal officials are responding to Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Many Democrats have called for more restrictions on gun access. While Republican lawmakers have condemned the shooting, critics have quick to point out the tight relationships these lawmakers have held with the NRA.

Mourners are wrapping caskets in imagery, similar to the way companies wrap logos around cars, trucks, and buses. Across the country, casket-wrap companies create custom designs, too often for parents grieving their dead children.

Members of the Buffalo community grieving loved ones organized an evening vigil that honored the shooting victims while combining stirring gospel music and calls to action.

Administrators for St. Louis Public Schools and charter schools plan to distribute gun locks to ensure that gun owners keep their weapons out of students’ hands.

The nonprofit Missouri Foundation for Health and the Ad Council are launching a campaign to reduce gun-related suicides in the state. Starting this week, people in the St. Louis region will see online and television ads about safe firearms storage.

The founder of Citadel, the hedge fund and financial services behemoth, has hit Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on rising crime. Griffin’s critics call these investments and holdings “hypocritical.”

Rep. Cori Bush held a listening session Monday for high school students. She vows it's only the first such forum. She’s calling the initiative Congress in Your Classroom.

A new nationwide study found that state laws allowing people to use deadly force in self defense were associated with increases in gun violence.

The officers were approaching a car believed to be connected to a homicide when at least one person inside opened fire.

Major Case Squad detectives looking for the person who shot a MetroBus driver in north St. Louis County took a person into custody late Monday. Metro Transit is promising increased security.