Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., proposed a bill in the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting to strengthen federal background checks for gun purchasers.

“Code Red” drills are precautionary measures against what used to be unthinkable – school shooters. They’re not mandated by most states, but more and more schools are doing them.

Legislation requiring the safe storage of firearms around a minor, mandating universal background checks and instituting red flag laws passed the Michigan Senate mostly along party lines Thursday ...

RIO LINDA, Calif. (CBS13) -- State budget cuts are threatening to yank funding for background checks of school employees, a program launched in the wake of the murder of a Rio Linda student 14 ...