Glock Switch Ban? Birmingham Mayor's Passionate Plea for Action
Birmingham, Ala.– Mayor Randall Woodfin called on the state Legislature to pass a glock switch ban after gunmen launched a barrage of bullets during a targeted hit in a crowd in downtown Birmingham Saturday night.
Birmingham Mass Shooting: What's next? City to launch new program similar to Montgomery
It's been three days since a mass shooting rocked Birmingham's Five Points South.Saturday nights mass shooting is still weighing heavy on the minds and hearts o
Birmingham mass shooting leads to calls for state ban on ‘Glock switches’
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
Birmingham mayor touts $100K reward for info on 5 Points shooters
Photo courtesy ABC 33/40By Reporter Joslyn Malave Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin joined the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in a Monday news conference to discuss the latest in the deadly shooting Saturday night outside Hush hookah bar and lounge at 5 Points that killed four and injured 17.
What are Glock switches? Will Alabama ban them after Birmingham’s latest mass shooting?
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin called on Alabama legislators to ban gun conversion devices such as Glock switches hours after a mass shooting in an entertainment area Saturday night left four people dead and at least 18 others injured.
‘Do your part’: Birmingham Mayor urges anyone with information about mass shooting to step up
There is now a reward totaling $100,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the shooting.
Police believe Birmingham mass shooters used ‘conversion devices.’ Here’s what that means
The people who opened fire in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, late Saturday are suspected of using “conversion devices” in carrying out the attack, and over 100
Birmingham mass shooting: Alabama officials call for Glock switch ban
After a mass shooting Saturday night in Birmingham, various politicians have called for the have called for legislation making the "Glock switches" allegedly used in the shooting illegal in Alabama.
Memorial left at mass shooting site as life returns to Birmingham neighborhood
"It’s so sad that something like this happened to people just wanting to get together and have a good time," college student Mia Kerikas said.
What We Know about the Birmingham Mass Shooting
Birmingham, Ala., leaders plead for information on mass shooting and announce reward money
Birmingham authorities have still made no arrests after Saturday’s shooting killed four people and left 17 others injured.
Glock switch ban has bipartisan support; bill co-sponsor says BPD staffing is a big issue
In August, a bill banning Glock switches in that state of Alabama was filed for the 2025 legislative session. House Bill 26 ...
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin discusses new public safety measures
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin issued an urgent plea to the public three days after Saturday’s mass shooting in the Five ...
‘You wouldn’t do it in Vestavia,’ Birmingham council member tells 5 Points South suspects: ‘I’m sick of feeling unsafe’
Crystal Smitherman today said she’s fed up with killings in the city after the mass shooting in Five Points South on Sept. 21 ...
Alabama gun laws: How they work, and how they compare to other states
Alabama has had three mass shootings in 2024. Saturday's mass shooting in Birmingham was number 404 this year nationwide.