Apalachee High School shooting victims identified. (Credit: Apalachee High School) Analysis, Commentary, Elections, Opinion, Politics To Save Children’s Lives, Harris Should Campaign on an Assault Weapons Ban by eNews Park Forest on September 7, 2024 eNews Park Forest Author More in Analysis: Martha Washington’s Enslaved Maid Ona Judge Made a Daring Escape to Freedom – but the National Park Service Has Erased Her Story From Philadelphia Exhibit February 14, 2026 Always Watching: How ICE’s Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7 Threatens Privacy and Civic Participation November 10, 2025 Full-blown Fascism Has Arrived in America as the Pentagon Expels the Press October 16, 2025 The shooter in Apalachee High School had an âAR-platform-style weapon,â the popular semi-automatic gun all-too-widely available in the U.S., with hundreds of variations flooding the multi-billion dollar gun market.