ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta. The changes could include increased student access to mental health care, encouraging people to store guns safely, and information sharing among schools, police and health professionals. But Republican Jon Burns is stopping short of Democratic demands. They include universal background checks, a mandate to safely lock up guns and a “red flag” law letting the state temporarily take guns from someone in crisis. The proposals made Thursday by Burns are the first policy response to the Sept. 4 shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder.
