gun violence

A Louisiana pastor is mourning the loss of his son and namesake after he was killed in a shooting last week.

A girl who sustained critical injuries in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting was released from the hospital on Friday after more than two months of hospitalization.

A gunman who fatally shot three people and injured two others was shot dead by an armed civilian in an Indiana mall Sunday evening.

The mother of an 8-year-old who was paralyzed in the Highland Park shooting last week describes him as “living proof of the power of prayer” as he experiences a rocky recovery from his injuries.

A federal grand jury has indicted the alleged Buffalo, New York, mass shooter with federal hate crimes.

Fifteen people were killed following a mass shooting in a South African tavern after midnight on Sunday.

A fundraiser for a 2-year-old whose parents were killed during a mass shooting at an Illinois Independence Day parade topped $2 million Wednesday, less than 24 hours after a concerned citizen set up the charity.

On Monday, Police arrested a man suspected of killing at least six people in a mass shooting during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois.

So here we are again, grieving for those whose lives have been forever altered by the senseless violence perpetrated by a sick and sinful individual. Too often, we offer thoughts and prayers because it just seems like the right thing to do rather than because our hearts genuinely mirror the brokenness felt by our heavenly Father. Let’s not forget that the Lord to whom we pray is grieving just as strongly as those who were harmed by the shooting, and a quick prayer devoid of any real intent or purpose is likely to ring as hollow to him as it would to those mourning in Highland Park today.

President Joe Biden, on Saturday, signed a bipartisan gun control bill into law.