President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that aims to help schools create active shooter drills that are less traumatic for students yet still effective. The order also seeks to restrict new technologies that make guns easier to fire and obtain.

Birmingham's mass shooting in 5 Points South served as the backdrop at an event at the White House focused on combatting violent gun crime Thursday.

UAB FOOTBALL PLAYER AFFECTED | WITNESS | THE SCENE | HUSH LOUNGE STATEMENT | BIRMINGHAM MAYOR | BUSINESSPolice believe Glock switches were used in a mass shooting that happened Saturday in downtown Birmingham.

Police said a weapon with a Glock switch was used in the shooting that killed four people and wounded 17 in Birmingham.

The mass shooting in the Five Points neighborhood of Birmingham Saturday night has led to new calls to ban devices that turn semi-automatic firearms into automatic ones. But it’s not clear if the proposals – introduced in the previous two sessions – can pass in a Legislature that has loosened most gun restrictions over the

Days after the city was rocked by a mass shooting that left for dead and 17 injured, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin traveled to Washington to speak at a White House Event addressing gun violence in the U.