# gun-control - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
# Particular Set Of Buzzkills
# Particular Set Of Buzzkills
The Taken star said private gun owership in the US is a “f***ing disgrace”.
# gun-control - Wednesday 31 December, 2014
# Aftermath
# Aftermath
Veronica Rutledge (29) was a nuclear research scientist who had a passion for guns.
# gun-control - Wednesday 1 October, 2014
# Bomb Scare
# Bomb Scare
That’s where 26 children and teachers were shot dead in 2012.
# gun-control - Wednesday 27 August, 2014
# Texas
# Texas
David Barajas’ two sons were killed by the driver as they pushed a truck in Texas.
# gun-control - Sunday 15 June, 2014
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
Frances Fitzgerald says that she is expecting a report on the issue soon.
# gun-control - Saturday 14 June, 2014
# Poll
# Poll
After the shooting of a six-year-old boy, should a more radical approach to gun control be considered?
# gun-control - Sunday 2 March, 2014
# Legislation
# Legislation
A gun club association is also highlighting misinterpretation of handgun licensing legislation.
# gun-control - Friday 17 January, 2014
# School Shooting
# School Shooting
Authorities say a male student and a female student were shot in the arm.
# gun-control - Thursday 26 December, 2013
# America
# America
The tragedy occurred on Christmas Eve.
# gun-control - Wednesday 11 December, 2013
# Shooting
# Shooting
Vice President Joe Biden made the announcement as he met with families of children killed in the Newtown school shooting.
# gun-control - Saturday 21 September, 2013
# Guns
# Guns
This week’s Washington DC shootings brought to 36 the number of Americans killed in mass shootings in 2013.
# gun-control - Friday 9 August, 2013
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
Derek Medina posted pictures of his wife’s body along with the words, “I’m going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife”.
# gun-control - Friday 14 June, 2013
# Newtown
# Newtown
The shootings took place on 14 December last, when deranged Adam Lanza shot his mother and then 26 others, including 20 children.
# gun-control - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
# Aurora
# Aurora
James Holmes will now undergo months of psychiatric testing to determine whether he was sane at the time.
# gun-control - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
Joe Biden told a second-grader that he “really liked” his idea about guns that shoot chocolate instead of bullets.
# gun-control - Monday 13 May, 2013
# Aurora
# Aurora
James Holmes entered a ‘not guilty’ plea by default – but lawyers may now plead insanity to spare the death penalty.
# gun-control - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
The study found that while 13 per cent of gunshot injuries resulted in death, only 1.7 of those who suffered from other injuries died.
# gun-control - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
# Gun Laws
# Gun Laws
The vote is a major blow to the Obama administration.
# gun-control - Thursday 11 April, 2013
# Gun Control Law
# Gun Control Law
The law contains an expansion of background checks for gun purchases at firearm shows and on the internet but not between relatives and friends.
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
The US first lady highlighted the case of a 15-year-old girl who was shot dead in January, one week after she sang at Barack Obama’s inauguration.
# gun-control - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
The US president gave his second big speech on gun control in a week in a Connecticut town close to where the Sandy Hook massacre took place.
# gun-control - Thursday 4 April, 2013
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Good morning! Here’s what you should know as you kick off your Thursday. (It’s a four-day week, hang in there.)
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
Connecticut is set to become the third state to vote in new gun control rules following the Newtown shooting.
# gun-control - Monday 1 April, 2013
# Aurora
# Aurora
“In all the information that is available to me, it is my intention that for James Eagan Holmes in this case, justice is death,” the prosecuting lawyer said today.
# gun-control - Thursday 21 March, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
After Newtown, Larry Donnelly was optimistic that the US might work towards stricter gun laws – but news that a ban on assault weapons has been removed from the legislation currently being considered has caused him to lose hope.
# gun-control - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
# US
# US
TJ Lane, 18, had previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but changed his plea a day before the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting.
# gun-control - Friday 22 February, 2013
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
Biden advocated a series of proposals, including universal background checks for gun owners, a ban on many military-style weapons and a limit on the size of magazines.
# gun-control - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
# Gun Crime
# Gun Crime
He also rejects link between Hollywood shootouts and real-life gun crime.
# gun-control - Sunday 3 February, 2013
# Gun Debate
# Gun Debate
The image, dated from last August, shows the President skeet shooting.
# gun-control - Friday 1 February, 2013
# Guns
# Guns
The Gallup research found 30 per cent of Americans own a gun, with people in the south of the country most likely to be gun owners.
# gun-control - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
# Gun Control
# Gun Control
President Obama demanded an assault weapons ban and universal background checks for gun buyers.
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# gun-control - Monday 7 January, 2013
# Cinema Shootings
# Cinema Shootings
A week-long preliminary hearing will determine whether James Holmes, 25, will stand trial for the fatal shootings of 12 people last July.
# gun-control - Saturday 5 January, 2013
# Shooting
# Shooting
The US president later described this as the worst day in his presidency.
# gun-control - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
# Deportation
# Deportation
The CNN host is coming under severe criticism for his outspoken views on gun control in the United States.
# gun-control - Sunday 23 December, 2012
# NRA
# NRA
The NRA’s executive vice presidents said planned legislation to outlaw military-style assault weapons wouldn’t work.
# gun-control - Saturday 22 December, 2012
# Pennsylvania
# Pennsylvania
Police still trying to discover motive behind shooting of three people in a rural area of Pennsylvania.
# gun-control - Friday 21 December, 2012
# Newtown
# Newtown
26 bells were sounded – one for each of the victims of last week’s shooting – after a moment of silence.
# gun-control - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
# Newtown
# Newtown
Sandy Hook elementary remains closed, though, and children have been invited to attend alternative schools next month.
# gun-control - Sunday 16 December, 2012
# Connecticut
# Connecticut
The President will visit the scene of Friday’s school massacre to sympathise with the families of the 27 victims.
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