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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.
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.
'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.
'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.
Student shooter dead and two injured in shooting at US high school in Maryland
Great Mills High School says the incident has been “contained”.
'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.
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.
Donald Trump says armed officer who didn't confront school shooter may be 'a coward'
Trump said Deputy Scot Peterson ‘did a poor job’.
Trump tweets support for NRA - but backs raising gun possession age to 21
He made the comments on Twitter.
Here is what Trump's notes for meeting with shooting survivors said
Students have called on the US President to tighten gun controls.
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.
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’.
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.
A tearful Jimmy Kimmel opened his show with a heartfelt plea for stricter gun control in the US
He struggled to maintain his composure.
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.”
'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.
A 12-year-old girl has been arrested after a school shooting in LA
Two students were shot, one critically.
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.
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.
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.
Pregnant woman loses baby after fatal shooting at gender reveal party
The shooting happened near Cincinnati in the US state of Ohio
Lotto ticket worth €6.1 million stored in Westmeath gun cabinet for safe keeping
Each family member will receive €1 million from the prize.
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,
Teenage girl takes her own life after shooting classmate in Texas school
Schools in the rural town were locked down.
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.
"Give me a break" - Donald Trump defends comments that appeared to hint at Hillary assassination
Trump has faced widespread condemnation for the comments.
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.
Courthouse shooting: Two bailiffs and gunman dead after shooting in Michigan
Another two people including a sheriff’s deputy were injured.
America has rejected over 100 gun-control measures since 2011 - but something may be changing
Any changes are stubbornly resisted.
The Boston Globe has been tweeting the names of mass shooting victims for the last 28 hours
And they’re still going.
'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.
School security staff in Colorado are being armed with semi-automatic rifles
Douglas County is spending more than $12,000 to buy 10 semiautomatics.
14 dead after two shooting rampages in one day
At least one suspected gunman is still on the loose.
12-year-old boy shot dead hours after a memorial for his cousin who was also shot dead
Jajuan Hubert Latham died on Saturday.
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.
14-year-old girl among seven killed in Michigan shooting spree
Police said they believe the shootings were random and not targeting particular people
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.
Teenage boy charged with killing four in Canada shooting spree
The unnamed 17-year-old also faces seven counts of attempted murder.
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.
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.