Gun Violence

People with guns can begin carrying them openly on streets and inside businesses or restaurants where owners don’t object, from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle, the attorney general says.Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier clarified Monday the ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeals in Tallahassee – whose jurisdiction runs from Gainesville through the Panhandle. Uthmeier said the court’s ruling was effective “now,” but his spokesman said there was a 15-day window to exhaust an opportunity for an appeal that will never happen.

A change in federal gun laws should make it more difficult for people without licenses to buy weapons.

Mass shootings broke out at festivals, block parties and other gatherings in a handful of cities this week as the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July.Gun violence that flared in Washington, D.C, Louisiana, Florida, Philadelphia, Texas and Baltimore left more than a dozen dead and almost 60 wounded — including children as young as 2 years old.

We speak with Southwest Florida-based visual artist Patricia Turner who conceived of a trio of art exhibitions opening Friday at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center in downtown Fort Myers. All the exhibitions include art about women, all by women artists.

Five suspects have been arrested on charges related to the 2016 Club Blu mass shooting in Fort Myers.

A multi-jurisdictional local law enforcement initiative dubbed “Operation Triple Beam” has netted the arrest of 120 people and the seizure of 45 firearms,…

Students across the country walked out of school Friday in remembrance of the victims of the Columbine shooting and all the victims of gun violence in the…

Students and professors of a Media Exploration class at Florida Southwestern State College performed a conceptual protest piece during the “March for our…

As we enter the eighth week of Florida’s annual legislative session, state and federal lawmakers are under pressure to address school shootings after the…

Monday marks one year since a gunman opened fire at Pulse, the LGBT nightclub near downtown Orlando. The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history…