Toy gun prompts lockdown at Pasquotank Elementary  WITN

New Kansas City health director says rise in gun violence is a ‘public health crisis’  fox4kc.com

Elyria Mayor joining mayors against illegal guns, aims to stop gun violence  Cleveland 19 News

Little Rock man, who admitted killing another during gun exchange, sentenced to 20 years  Arkansas Online

To Stop Gun Violence, This Police Captain Is Trying a Novel Approach  The New York Times

Congress Can’t Bring Sanity to Gun Laws. Here’s Who Can.  The Daily Beast

Raleigh shootings, gun violence rose in 2021. Here’s what the city is doing about it.  Raleigh News & Observer

Philly officials managed to collaborate on gun violence report, but can they implement their own recommendations? | Editorial  The Philadelphia Inquirer

OPINION: What if gun laws and voting laws were the same in Georgia for once?  Atlanta Journal Constitution