Fort Worth child's death renews calls for gun safety
Police say a 5-year-old girl shot and killed herself with an unsecured gun Saturday night, the exact thing officials said they were trying to prevent.
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Police say a 5-year-old girl shot and killed herself with an unsecured gun Saturday night, the exact thing officials said they were trying to prevent.
Bullets from Quail Creek Gun Range have struck Barksdale Middle School twice since May, the district says.
Cook Children's encourages parents to follow the "Three T's."
Trustee Maxie Johnson listened to concerns on Wednesday during a community meeting focused on safety and security.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has vowed to continue the legal battle.
"Neither the City of Dallas nor the State Fair of Texas can infringe on Texans' right to self-defense," the Attorney General said.
The DeSoto Police Department is one of 150 departments using ShotSpotter to fight gun crime. But not everyone is convinced the technology is effective.
What happened in Houston has North Texas churches reviewing their security plans and increasing their level of alert.
New safety and security measures have been added to the State Fair of Texas following a shooting this past weekend that injured three people.
Nearly 400 people are expected to participate in the interagency collaboration on July 26.
Almost 900 children 5 and under have managed to find a gun and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else from 2015 to 2022.
Ten days after the deadly mass shooting in Allen, State Representative Jeff Leach, R-Allen urged lawmakers on the House floor to pass a bill that will allow the state to comply with a new federal law.
Arlington police have arrested the teenage brother of a toddler who shot and killed himself earlier this month.
A U.S.-based technology company says it has built the world's first biometric smart gun.
People of color were more likely to have experienced gun violence, according to the study.
The top 10 list for gun interceptions in 2022 includes Dallas, Austin and Houston in Texas; three airports in Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Atlanta; Phoenix; and Denver.
The bills would ban people under 21 from buying firearms and impose restrictions on large volume ammunition sales.
A North Texas school district decides to move forward with a controversial school security idea despite protests.
The Keller ISD school board will vote on the controversial subject Monday night.
Raptor Technologies is one of a handful of companies that provide the silent panic alarms and says only about half of North Texas school districts have them.
The Walmart shooting in Virginia has elevated concerns among some about the biggest retail shopping day of the year that's coming up.
"The plot chickens," reads a TSA Instagram caption recounting the "personal fowl."
The Supreme Court has rejected an effort from gun right advocates to challenge the ban on bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire likes machine guns.
So far this year, 305 reports to Arlington police have been made for stolen guns and 158 of those stolen guns were from vehicle burglaries.
Uvalde is off to a late start for school: Classes resumed weeks ago in many parts of Texas, where other districts encouraged students and teachers Tuesday to show support by wearing Uvalde's maroon colors.
