Perhaps school gun violence persists because the majority in the Michigan Legislature has avoided even discussing the most popular, moderate, and reasonable of gun safety measures.
Organizers with End Gun Violence Michigan are considering a 2024 ballot proposal if the Republican-led Legislature does not act on firearm reforms following a shooting at Oxford High School that left four dead and others injured.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey promised a hearing on ‘extreme risk protection orders’ more than two years ago. Gun rights groups are gearing up for a legislative fight as Shirkey prepares to finally make good on the promise.
Repealing compulsory schooling would allow parents whose child is struggling with mental health issues to withdraw their child from school, to focus on improving the child’s mental health, without worry of jail time.
Oxford High officials are under the microscope for not sending Ethan Crumbley home before a shooting rampage. If we want different decisions in the future, schools need different mandates and guidelines.
1978 was an era of school fire drills, not active-shooter training. Former students and a teacher recall how unprepared Everett High School was when a 15-year-old shot and killed one classmate and injured another.
Democrats want to follow the lead of nine other states and limit magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. Republicans are noncommittal at best.
Education is required from ages 6-16. State Board member Tom McMillin says that after a deadly school shooting in Oxford it’s time to rethink that practice. Other state education leaders dismissed the suggestion.
It was a judgment call that went horribly wrong. Experts weigh in on the decision by Oxford High School to return a troubled student to class before a shooting rampage. Like many districts, Oxford has a policy to discourage student suspensions.
‘We’re not going to just do nothing,’ Nessel says, after the district rebuffs her offer to investigate its handling of events in the hours before a mass shooting that killed four students.
Prosecutors say parents of the alleged school shooter didn’t secure the murder weapon. That isn’t a crime in Michigan, and it took nearly a decade to make it one in Oregon.
James and Jennifer Crumbley were found by Detroit police in a building on the city's east side. They had been missing since Friday, after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Oxford school officials are coming under scrutiny for what they did, and didn’t do, following disturbing interactions with the 15-year-old suspect before the shooting spree.
Chalkbeat put together a list of resources for families that help them understand how to monitor threats in their school and where to go for help dealing with trauma.
School districts are working with local law enforcement to probe the credibility of the online threats, with some school leaders saying it is not yet possible to keep up.
Parents of Ethan Crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutor says parents failed to secure pistol, ignored school’s plea to get help for their son.
