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# gun control

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'One of my best friends was killed right around here': McCartney remembers John Lennon at New York march
More than a million people took to the streets across the US yesterday to call for tighter gun control.
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Mar 25th 2018, 9:36 AM
American mom: 'Why I am marching for American gun control in Dublin'
As an American citizen, and as a parent, it’s hard to stay uninvolved in the gun control debate while we are abroad, writes Mary Farley.
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Mar 24th 2018, 9:30 AM
'This march wouldn't be happening if people at my school weren't shot dead'
Hundreds of thousands of people are to take part in gun control rallies across the US today.
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Mar 24th 2018, 7:30 AM
'Stop killing us': Protest over shooting of unarmed black man takes over US motorway
22-year-old Stephon Clark was shot on Sunday in the back garden of his grandparents’ home.
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Mar 23rd 2018, 1:38 PM
Student shooter dead and two injured in shooting at US high school in Maryland
Great Mills High School says the incident has been “contained”.
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Mar 20th 2018, 3:54 PM
'Enough is enough': School students across the US stage walkouts against gun violence
The protests come after 17 people were killed during a school shooting in Florida last month.
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Mar 14th 2018, 3:45 PM
Gunman and three women dead after hostage standoff at veterans' home in California
The standoff lasted for almost eight hours before police entered to find four people dead.
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Mar 10th 2018, 10:37 AM
Donald Trump says armed officer who didn't confront school shooter may be 'a coward'
Trump said Deputy Scot Peterson ‘did a poor job’.
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Feb 23rd 2018, 3:47 PM
Trump tweets support for NRA - but backs raising gun possession age to 21
He made the comments on Twitter.
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Feb 22nd 2018, 3:36 PM
Here is what Trump's notes for meeting with shooting survivors said
Students have called on the US President to tighten gun controls.
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Feb 22nd 2018, 8:34 AM
Donald Trump meets tearful school shooting survivors and suggests arming teachers
“This would only be obviously for people who are very adept at handling a gun,” Trump said.
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Feb 21st 2018, 11:02 PM
Donald Trump moves to ban 'bump stocks' used in deadly Las Vegas shooting
The US President said it was time to ‘move past clichés and tired debates’.
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Feb 20th 2018, 9:41 PM
WATCH: Survivor 'calls BS' on Trump's response to mass shooting at Florida school
The US President has criticised the FBI for failing to heed signs which could have prevented the shooting.
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Feb 18th 2018, 12:25 PM
A tearful Jimmy Kimmel opened his show with a heartfelt plea for stricter gun control in the US
He struggled to maintain his composure.
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Feb 16th 2018, 3:02 PM
Kim Kardashian, Ellen DeGeneres and many other celebrities call for stricter gun control after yesterday's events in Florida
Dozens of celebrities, from Bette Midler to Tyra Banks are saying “Enough is enough.”
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Feb 15th 2018, 9:09 AM
'I didn't mean to': Police say LA school shooting was an accident
Two students were shot and one left critically injured after a 12-year-old fired the gun.
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Feb 2nd 2018, 8:22 AM
A 12-year-old girl has been arrested after a school shooting in LA
Two students were shot, one critically.
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Feb 1st 2018, 9:02 PM
Child kicked out of Cub Scouts after grilling US politician on gun control
The Boy Scouts have refused to comment on the reason the boy was asked to leave.
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Oct 22nd 2017, 7:15 PM
Piers Morgan praised Kim Kardashian for using her platform to promote gun control
He’s the last person you’d expect to applaud Kim Kardashian.
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Oct 6th 2017, 8:30 AM
Column: 'When it comes to guns and the country of my birth, I despair'
The answers to the gun control question, to me and to millions of Americans, are obvious, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Oct 3rd 2017, 7:00 PM
Pregnant woman loses baby after fatal shooting at gender reveal party
The shooting happened near Cincinnati in the US state of Ohio
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Jul 10th 2017, 8:22 AM
Lotto ticket worth €6.1 million stored in Westmeath gun cabinet for safe keeping
Each family member will receive €1 million from the prize.
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May 9th 2017, 9:45 PM
A Trump Republican who shot and killed himself last weekend has just won a New York primary election
He was due to surrender to the FBI to face federal fraud charges before killing himself on Friday,
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Sep 14th 2016, 4:37 PM
Teenage girl takes her own life after shooting classmate in Texas school
Schools in the rural town were locked down.
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Sep 8th 2016, 6:55 PM
Donald Trump politicises the shooting dead of the cousin of an NBA basketball star
Nykea Aldridge, cousin of Dwyane Wade was shot dead in Chicago.
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Aug 28th 2016, 8:03 AM
"Give me a break" - Donald Trump defends comments that appeared to hint at Hillary assassination
Trump has faced widespread condemnation for the comments.
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Aug 10th 2016, 7:30 AM
Inside the demolished and rebuilt Sandy Hook Elementary School
The scene of the 2012 Newtown massacre is now a high-tech building that will open in the autumn.
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Jul 29th 2016, 9:38 PM
Courthouse shooting: Two bailiffs and gunman dead after shooting in Michigan
Another two people including a sheriff’s deputy were injured.
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Jul 11th 2016, 10:17 PM
America has rejected over 100 gun-control measures since 2011 - but something may be changing
Any changes are stubbornly resisted.
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Jun 26th 2016, 8:00 AM
The Boston Globe has been tweeting the names of mass shooting victims for the last 28 hours
And they’re still going.
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Jun 17th 2016, 8:54 AM
'Call the police mommy, I'm gonna die': Mother shares texts sent from son at Florida nightclub
Tributes have been paid to the 50 victims.
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Jun 13th 2016, 10:52 AM
School security staff in Colorado are being armed with semi-automatic rifles
Douglas County is spending more than $12,000 to buy 10 semiautomatics.
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Apr 23rd 2016, 2:00 PM
14 dead after two shooting rampages in one day
At least one suspected gunman is still on the loose.
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Apr 23rd 2016, 8:27 AM
12-year-old boy shot dead hours after a memorial for his cousin who was also shot dead
Jajuan Hubert Latham died on Saturday.
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Apr 18th 2016, 9:35 AM
Florida pro-gun activist is shot by her four-year-old son
Jamie Gilt is a vocal advocate for gun ownership and was seriously injured.
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Mar 9th 2016, 11:00 PM
14-year-old girl among seven killed in Michigan shooting spree
Police said they believe the shootings were random and not targeting particular people
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Feb 21st 2016, 10:20 AM
Eagles of Death Metal singer says "everybody" has to have guns
Jesse Hughes was speaking ahead of the band’s concert in Paris’s Olympia Theatre tonight.
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Feb 16th 2016, 8:10 AM
Teenage boy charged with killing four in Canada shooting spree
The unnamed 17-year-old also faces seven counts of attempted murder.
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Jan 25th 2016, 9:15 AM
Three-year-old boy shoots himself dead with father's handgun
The boy found the gun under the cash register at his father’s store.
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Jan 11th 2016, 7:45 PM
Obama at CNN town hall meeting: I am not out to get your guns
The US president took on the gun lobby in a forum televised on prime-time CNN last night.
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Jan 8th 2016, 9:04 AM
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