Georgia marks Apalachee shooting anniversary with no action

One year after the September 4, 2024, shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, which killed two students and two teachers, the GOP-led Georgia Legislature passed HB 268—Alyssa’s Law—mandating mobile panic‐button systems, campus electronic mapping and faster student‐record transfers. What restrictions on firearm access did that legislation include?

Apalachee High School installed Centegix CrisisAlert panic buttons just one week before the September 4, 2024 shooting, and Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said the system prevented an even higher death toll. Yet two students and two teachers were still killed. How does this affect the limitations of panic button systems in stopping initial fatalities?

A 14-year-old used his father's unsecured AR-15 to kill four at Apalachee High. Who bears legal responsibility when minors access unsecured weapons?

One year after Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte said Georgia had “moved to protect schools” by passing House Bill 268—which mandated wearable panic buttons for staff and accelerated student records transfers—while Democrats criticized the absence of secure gun‐storage requirements, what concrete changes have occurred for student safety in Georgia?

Moms Demand Action volunteer Christy Akers said Georgia lawmakers “chose silence and inaction” after the Apalachee High School shooting. The shooting was one of approximately 330 school shootings nationwide in 2024 according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. What does this pattern reveal?