Ryan J. Foley, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2017 file photo, police tape lines the scene at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ after a deadly shooting at the church Antioch, Tenn. A man charged in the shooting expressed suicidal thoughts in June according to police records. With bipartisan support in many cases, 17 states and Washington D.C. have now passed so-called “red flag laws” that allow the court-ordered removal of guns from people who are considered to be dangerous.(Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)

‘Red flag laws’ gain momentum

by Ryan J. Foley Associated Press, and Jonathan Mattise Associated PressAugust 24, 2019

After a white supremacist discussed plans on Facebook for a mass shooting at a synagogue, police in Washington used a new law to quickly seize his 12 firearms, long before he was convicted of any crime.But when a Tennessee father became alarmed about…

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, Linda Beigel Schulman, left, holds a photograph of her son Scott Beigel, who was killed during the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, while speaking with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and gun safety advocates during a news conference at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Since the shooting, states have seen a surge of interest in laws intended to make it easier to disarm people who show signs of being violent or suicidal. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

More states adopt gun-seizure laws

by Ryan J. Foley Associated PressFebruary 9, 2019

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 file photo, David Hogg, center, a survivor of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., addresses a rally in front of the headquarters of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson in Springfield, Mass. The rally was held at the conclusion of a 50-mile march meant to call for gun law reforms. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Few Laws Change After Shootings

by Ryan J. Foley Associated PressSeptember 26, 2018

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2014 file photo, students line up to go back inside after recess at Westbrook Elementary School in Taylorsville, Utah. Earlier in the day, schoolteacher Michelle Montgomery was injured by fragments from a bullet and a porcelain toilet when her gun accidentally went off in a faculty bathroom. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

Review Finds Guns in Schools Lead to Accidents

by Ryan J. Foley Associated Press, and Larry Fenn Associated PressMay 7, 2018

FILE - Students at Roosevelt High School take part in a protest against gun violence Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Seattle. Politicians in Washington state are joining students who walked out of class to protest against gun violence. It was part of a nationwide school walkout that calls for stricter gun laws following the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)

Review: Widespread Action on Guns Unlikely

by Ryan J. Foley Associated PressMarch 18, 2018

FILE - In this May 24, 2014 file photo, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown, right, walks past a board displaying photos of gunman Elliot Rodger and the weapons he used in a mass shooting in Isla Vista, Calif., after a news conference in Santa Barbara, Calif. A growing number of states have passed laws or are considering bills allowing courts to temporarily remove guns from individuals deemed a danger to themselves or others, an intervention that advocates say stops shootings and suicides by disturbed individuals. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Five States Have Power to Take Guns

by Ryan J. Foley Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressFebruary 18, 2018

FILE - In this March 2, 2014, file photo, Sen. Curt Bramble, R- Provo, speaks during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Abortion policy has been a hot topic in state legislative sessions that convened or resumed Jan. 2018. Lawmakers already have taken several actions on bills that would expand or restrict access to abortion. In Utah, lawmakers are considering bills that would penalize doctors who do not show an informational video to women seeking an abortion, and another that would bar doctors from performing abortions sought because the fetus has Down syndrome. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Abortion Already a Focus of Action in State Legislative Sessions

by Ryan J. Foley Associated PressFebruary 4, 2018

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, a magazine advertisement for an AR-style firearm describes the ability to customize the firearm and shows soldiers in combat. AR-platform firearms are often marketed using words that emphasizes the firearm's ability to be customized and evoke a sense of patriotism, freedom and military strength. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)

Gun Ads Continue After Mass Shootings

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated Press, and Ryan J. Foley Associated PressNovember 25, 2017

Crystal Mees, right, holds her daughter, Brandy, 8 months, while walking with her husband, Steve Henderson, as he holds Mees' daughter, Briley, 2, near their home in Houston on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. In January 2016, her 4-year-old son, Bryson, accidentally shot himself with a .22-caliber Derringer his grandmother kept under the bed. A grand jury declined to bring charges against Anna Sperber, but Crystal blames her mother for the boy’s death and no longer talks to her or brings her two children around. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

Accidental Gun Deaths Claim Kids

by Ryan J. Foley Associated Press, and Larry FennAnd Nick Penzenstadler Associated PressOctober 18, 2016

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2010 file photo, pedestrians hike one of the trails at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Harpers Ferry, Iowa. A 1990 theft of historically significant Native American remains by a national monument superintendent entrusted with protecting them, was larger and more harmful than previously acknowledged. The case is scheduled to end in a federal courtroom when retired Effigy Mounds National Monument superintendent Thomas Munson is sentenced for carrying out the theft. (Justin Hayworth/The Des Moines Register via AP File)

Theft of Ancient Native American Bones a ‘Debacle’ for National Park Service

by Ryan J. Foley Associated PressJuly 4, 2016