Gun Control
Tracker
HERE IS A TRACKER OF ALL THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS:
https://k12ssdb.org/all-shootings
Did You Know?
Congress does NOT allow the CDC to study gun violence.
You can be put on a no-fly list for terrorism but can still buy a gun.
You must pass a test and obtain a license before driving a car, but you don’t need to do that to own a gun.
https://giffords.org/press-release/2023/11/house-gop-just-voted-to-ban-cdc-gun-violence-research/
https://www.science.org/content/article/obama-lifts-ban-funding-gun-violence-research
1999
1999-08-16 David Horowitz published an article in Salon, writing, “Guns don’t kill black people, other blacks do… The NAACP’s ludicrous idea to sue gun manufacturers is yet another attempt by the left to avoid personal responsibility for some individuals’ bad behavior…If blacks are oppressed in America, why isn’t there a black exodus? Why do all those black Haitians want to come here? To be oppressed?”.
https://www.salon.com/1999/08/16/naacp/
2014
2014-12-14 Alex Jones claimed on air that Sandy Hook was a false flag plot by Democrats over the Second Amendment. He didn’t concede until 2022 the shooting was real.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legal-fallout-alex-jones-false-sandy-hook-claims-2022-09-13/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-concedes-sandy-hook-attack-was-100-percent-real
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115414563/alex-jones-sandy-hook-case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting_conspiracy_theories
https://www.bradyunited.org/resources/podcast/alex-jones-sandy-hook-deniers-court-case
2020
2020-08-25 Kyle Rittenhouse shot three protesters during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was acquitted on all charges including first-degree intentional homicide and later received support from many conservatives. Reports later stated Kash Patel assisted in efforts to pursue lawsuits on Rittenhouse’s behalf.
https://www.aclu-wi.org/justice-jacob-blake/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_unrest_shooting
2022
2022-05-25 Beto O’Rourke was physically removed from Governor Greg Abbott’s Uvalde shooting press conference after criticizing state gun policies.
2022-06-23 After NYSRPA v. Bruen, the Federalist Society – a Project 2025 supporter – expanded public-carry rights.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf
Finances related to Project 2025 and The Federalist Society
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/09/american-accountability-foundation-project-2025
https://civilrights.org/blog/project-2025-and-the-project-to-take-over-our-courts-and-our-rights/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-president-project-2025-33d3fc2999a74f4aa424f1128dca2d16
2023
2023-04-05 Charlie Kirk said, “I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefs
2024 January
2024-01-04 After the Perry, Iowa school shooting, Trump told the community they would “have to get over it.”
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=775213131268910
2024 July
2024-07-15 AR-15s were allowed at the Milwaukee RNC. Water bottles were not.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-2024-rnc-delegates-react-to-trump-shooting
2025 January
2025-01-20 The administration eliminated the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, repealed the ATF’s zero-tolerance dealer policy, reduced community-violence funding, and removed $1 billion for school mental-health programs.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/trump-gun-violence-public-health-advisory-00234171
https://www.everytown.org/trump-administration-guns-federal-action/
https://www.bradyunited.org/press/white-house-office-gun-violence-prevention-reported-closure
2025 July
2025-07-17 The administration proposed restoring a federal process allowing some people with prior convictions to seek restoration of firearm rights
2025 August
2025-08-27 After a Catholic-school shooting in Minneapolis Jen Psaki cited that addressing school shootings required action – not just prayer. Karoline Leavitt and Fox commentators characterized Psaki’s remarks as an attack on prayer
2025-08-28 During a White House briefing, right-wing influencer Brandon Tatum claimed school shootings were a mental-health issue and “not a gun thing”.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/maga-influencers-astonishing-comment-guns-1357810
2025-08-28 - RFK blamed school shootings on antidepressants.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/28/school-shooting-kennedy-antidepressants-claim
2025-08-28 Karoline Leavitt reframed Jean Psaki comments as an “attack on prayer”. On the same day, Fox spun the same narrative.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1499211274580946
2025-08-31 Pope Leo called school shootings in America a “pandemic of arms”.
2025 September
2025-09-05 A news outlet reported that the DOJ considered banning guns specifically from anyone who is transgender.
2025-09-10 A school shooting occurred at Evergreen High School in Colorado on the same day Charlie Kirk was shot, but it received comparatively little media attention
https://www.cpr.org/2025/09/11/what-we-know-evergreen-high-school-shooting/
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/evergreen-high-school-shooting-colorado-updates/
2025-09-15 In a press conference, State Representative Justin J. Pearson of Tennessee District 86 addressed poverty, militarization, and pointed out that Republicans don’t care about crime because they don’t enforce gun laws.
2025-09-25 Florida State residents can now “open-carry” guns after the state appealed a 40-year ban.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/open-carry-begins-thursday-florida-gun-owners
2025-09-25 Political commentator Adam Mockler argued that inflammatory rhetoric from figures such as Elon Musk contributes to the radicalization of young white males.
2025 October
2025-10-13 A report shows that other countries which suffered mass shootings have reformed their gun laws.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/us-gun-policy-global-comparisons
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2704353/
https://www.reuters.com/world/how-countries-have-legislated-after-mass-shootings-2023-05-05/
PAY WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/world/europe/gun-laws-australia-britain.html
2026 January
2026-01-28 After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, Trump drew criticism from the NRA and Gun Owners of America when he doubled down on Pretti’s murder, saying he should not have carried a firearm at the protest.
https://time.com/7358403/nra-trump-clash-gun-carrying-rights-pretti-federal-agents/
2026 March
2026-03-12 Trump accused South Africa of white genocide and invited white South Afrikaners to migrate to the US. By March many of the white South Afrikaners returned to South Africa, citing better cost of living, less racism, and less violence. One South Afrikaner stated, “People are being shot in broad daylight. American citizens are being shot and killed. I don’t want to live in a place like this”.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/11/world/trump-white-south-africans-better-life/
2026 June
2026-06-22 A suspect was detained at a California library for attempting a “Columbine” style massacre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1IcBgIUfJc&list=WL&index=6
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/chico-library-shooting-northern-california
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-california-library-chico-butte-county-rcna351330
2026 July
2026-07-06 The DOJ rolled back more regulations on gun restrictions including a rule intended to close a gun-show loop hole, reducing regulations on short barrel and bump stocks (used in a mass shooting in 2017), and allowing some with mental illness to purchase firearms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm9ONjR1Gac&list=WL&index=2&t=19s
2026-07-24 A firearm safety training group for Jewish Americans and their allies, Lox and Loaded, were interviewed about firearm use amidst rising antisemitism.
https://abcnews.com/US/bagels-lox-jews-train-antisemitic-violence-bubby-carries/story?id=135027496