House passes bipartisan bill to create active shooter alert system
In active shooter events, authorities have had to resort to using Twitter and social media to tell the public about the situation.
H.R.6538 – Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022
This bill requires a designated officer of the Department of Justice to act as the national coordinator of an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network regarding an emergency involving an active shooter.
The bill sets forth duties of the coordinator, including to work with state, tribal, and local governments to encourage coordination of various elements of the network. The coordinator must also encourage federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies to establish procedures for responding to active shooters.
Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on state and local responses to active shooters and situations requiring the issuance of a public alert or warning.
𝐍𝐄𝐖: House Democrats just passed the Active Shooter Alert Act, critical legislation that would help law enforcement send out AMBER-style alerts when an active shooter is in their community. 168 Republicans voted against it.
We thought this was very late in the game so we found photos showing the history of the American school shooting epidemic. It covers Columbine High School located in Colorado to up until Robb Elementary School located in Texas. Watch our gallery below.
BEMIDJI, MN – MARCH 24: Cody Thunder describes the circimstances around his shooting as he speaks to reporters during a press conference at North Country Regional Hospital March 23, 2005 in Bemidji, Minnesota. Thunder was wounded when fellow student Jeff Weise opened fire on classmates at Red Lake High School. Five students, a teacher and a security guard were killed in the March 21 shooting at the school. Weise killed his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend, before opening fire at the school and finally, after exchanging fire with police, killed himself. It is the worst school shooting since 1999 when two student opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)BEMIDJI, MN – MARCH 24: Lance Crowe is wheeled away in tears by his mother following a press conference at North Country Regional Hospital March 23, 2005 in Bemidji, Minnesota. Crowe was one of seven students wounded when Jeff Weise opened fire on classmates at Red Lake High School. Five students, a teacher and a security guard were killed in the March 21 shooting at the school. Weise killed his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend, before opening fire at the school and finally, after exchanging fire with police, killed himself. It is the worst school shooting since 1999 when two student opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)BEMIDJI, MN – MARCH 24: Lance Crowe (L) and Cody Thunder are wheeled into a press conference by their mothers Janet Crowe and Martha Thunder at North Country Regional Hospital March 23, 2005 in Bemidji, Minnesota. Thunder and Crowe were wounded when fellow student Jeff Weise opened fire on classmates at Red Lake High School. Five students, a teacher and a security guard were killed in the March 21 shooting at the school. Weise killed his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend, before opening fire at the school and finally, after exchanging fire with police, killed himself. It is the worst school shooting since 1999 when two student opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Edward James Olmos presenting the Arthur Ashe Courage Humanitarian Award to Dave Sanders, the Columbine HS coach killed during the shooting at the High School (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)US President George W. Bush looks down during a convocation and memorial 17 April 2007 for victims of a shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Thirty-two people were left dead after a shooting rampage on a Virginia campus. At right is Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Students participate in a candle light vigil on Drill Field at Virginia Tech 17 April 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia, one day after the university was turned into a killing field where 33 died, including the shooter, in the deadliest shooting rampage in America’s history. Police identified the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, 23, an English major who was described as a “loner.” AFP PHOTO/MANNIE GARCIA (Photo credit should read MANNIE GARCIA/AFP via Getty Images)NEWTOWN, CT – JUNE 14: Cecilia Floros, 10, of Newtown attends a remembrance event on the six month anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on June 14, 2013 in Newtown, Connecticut. A a 26-second moment of silence was observed to honor the 20 children and six adults who were killed at the school on Dec. 14. The event also included the reading of the names of over 6,000 people who have been killed by gun violence since the massacre in Newtown. The reading of names is expected to take 12 hours. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 11: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) as members of Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence are joined by the Newtown Action Alliance and the Newtown Foundation for a news conference days before the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School to honor the memory of gun violence victims, at the Lutheran Church of Reformation, December 11, 2013, in Washington, DC. The Newtown Action Alliance and supporters honor the memories of gun violence victims through acts of kindness and service around the DC metro area. (Photo by Rod Lamkey/Getty Images)SANDY HOOK, CT – MARCH 14: A sign stands near the site of the December 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting on the day of the National School Walkout on March 14, 2018 in Sandy Hook Connecticut. Several hundred students at the school, near the site of the Sandy Hook school massacre of December 14, 2012, staged a protest one month after 17 people were killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Media and visitors were not allowed on the Newtown High campus for the event. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)SANDY HOOK, CT – MARCH 14: A sign stands near the site of the December 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting on the day of the National School Walkout on March 14, 2018 in Sandy Hook Connecticut. Several hundred students at the school, near the site of the Sandy Hook school massacre of December 14, 2012, staged a protest one month after 17 people were killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Media and visitors were not allowed on the Newtown High campus for the event. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)SANTA FE , TX – MAY 21: Volunteers pray before bringing crosses to the lawn in front of Santa Fe High School on May 21, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas. The crosses are a memorial to the victims of last Friday’s shooting when 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered the school with a shotgun and a pistol and opened fire, killing 10 people. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)SANTA FE , TX – MAY 21: Mourners visit a memorial in front of Santa Fe High School on May 21, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas. The makeshift memorial honors the victims of the May 18 shooting when 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered the school with a shotgun and a pistol and opened fire, killing 10 people. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)SANTA FE, TX – MAY 22: A football sits among flowers and other items left at a memorial in front of Santa Fe High School on May 22, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas. The makeshift memorial honors the victims of last Friday’s shooting when 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered the school with a shotgun and a pistol and opened fire, killing 10 people. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)LITTLETON, CO – APRIL 20: Tyler Vielie walks past crosses with the names of the victims of the Columbine High School shooting next to the Columbine Memorial on April 20, 2021 in Littleton, Colorado. Twelve students and a teacher were killed in the mass shooting 22 years ago today, which at the time was the deadliest school shooting in US history. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)LITTLETON, CO – APRIL 20: People hold a small prayer service next to crosses with the names of the victims of the Columbine High School shooting near the Columbine Memorial on April 20, 2021 in Littleton, Colorado. Twelve students and a teacher were killed in the mass shooting 22 years ago today, which at the time was the deadliest school shooting in US history. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)TOPSHOT – (COMBO) In this combination of pictures created on May 30, 2022 shows photos of 19 children and 2 teachers who died in the mass shooting are displayed at a makeshift memorial at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, May 30, 2022. (top L-R) Eva Mireles, 44, Tess Mata, 10, Rogelio Torres, 10, Jose Flores, 10, Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10, Jackie Cazarez, 9, Maranda Mathis, 10. (middle L-R) Xavier Lopez, 10, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10, Aliahana Cruz Torres, 10, Alithia Ramirez, 10, Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10, Uziyah Garcia, 10, Navaho Bravo, 10. (Bottmom L-R)
Makenna Lee Elord, 10, Annabell Rodriguez, 10, Amerie Jo Garza, 10, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10, Layla Salazar, 11, Aliahna Amyah Garcia, 9, and Irma Garcia, 48. – Grieving families were to hold the first funerals Tuesday for Texas shooting victims one week after a school massacre left 19 children and two teachers dead, with President Joe Biden vowing to push for stricter US gun regulation.
Mourners attended wakes in the town of Uvalde on Monday for some of the child victims gunned down by a local 18-year-old man who was then killed by police.
Grieving families were to hold the first funerals Tuesday for Texas shooting victims one week after a school massacre left 19 children and two teachers dead, with President Joe Biden vowing to push for stricter US gun regulation.
Mourners attended wakes in the town of Uvalde on Monday for some of the child victims gunned down by a local 18-year-old man who was then killed by police.
Grieving families were to hold the first funerals Tuesday for Texas shooting victims one week after a school massacre left 19 children and two teachers dead, with President Joe Biden vowing to push for stricter US gun regulation.
Mourners attended wakes in the town of Uvalde on Monday for some of the child victims gunned down by a local 18-year-old man who was then killed by police.
Grieving families were to hold the first funerals Tuesday for Texas shooting victims one week afterA boy carries balloons with the name of victims who died in the mass shooting at a makeshift memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 31, 2022. – The traumatized Texas town of Uvalde began on Tuesday laying to rest the 19 young children killed in an elementary school shooting that left the small, tight-knit community united in grief and anger. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)Mementos decorate a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 30, 2022. – Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary on May 24 in America’s worst school shooting in a decade. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)PARKLAND, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 14: People sit in front of a photo display of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during a mass shooting on February 14, 2022 in Pine Trails Park in Parkland, Florida. Four years ago on February 14, fourteen students and three staff members were killed during a mass shooting at the school. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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