Georgia marks Apalachee High School shooting anniversary without passing new laws

Georgia marked the first anniversary of the Apalachee High School shooting on September 4, 2025, which killed four people including two students and two teachers in Winder, Georgia in 2024. No new gun safety legislation had passed in Georgia's Republican-controlled legislature in the intervening year. Survivors and victims' families held memorials and renewed calls for red flag laws and universal background checks, which state lawmakers declined to advance.