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It is the first time the newspaper has used the front page for an editorial since 1920.
It’s believed the killing was an attempt to get revenge on the child’s father.
His classmate turned him in – and is being hailed as a hero for stopping a possible tragedy.
The presidential hopeful said he felt that mental health issues were the bigger issue.
294 shootings in 267 days…
Police say he was “handling a gun he believed to be unloaded.”
Vicki Gardner was wounded as she fell to the ground after hearing the first shots.
Police say the two men carrying the guns had threatened violence.
The actor told GQ that mass shootings only happen in schools that are defenceless.
Nine people died and 18 were wounded in the incident.
Magazine Mother Jones have crunched the grim figures.
Police say somebody will “held accountable for this tragedy”.
It depends on what you define a gun as, really.
The gunman also died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Taken star said private gun owership in the US is a “f***ing disgrace”.
Veronica Rutledge (29) was a nuclear research scientist who had a passion for guns.
That’s where 26 children and teachers were shot dead in 2012.
David Barajas’ two sons were killed by the driver as they pushed a truck in Texas.
Frances Fitzgerald says that she is expecting a report on the issue soon.
After the shooting of a six-year-old boy, should a more radical approach to gun control be considered?
A gun club association is also highlighting misinterpretation of handgun licensing legislation.
Authorities say a male student and a female student were shot in the arm.
The tragedy occurred on Christmas Eve.
Vice President Joe Biden made the announcement as he met with families of children killed in the Newtown school shooting.
This week’s Washington DC shootings brought to 36 the number of Americans killed in mass shootings in 2013.
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”.
The shootings took place on 14 December last, when deranged Adam Lanza shot his mother and then 26 others, including 20 children.
James Holmes will now undergo months of psychiatric testing to determine whether he was sane at the time.
Joe Biden told a second-grader that he “really liked” his idea about guns that shoot chocolate instead of bullets.
James Holmes entered a ‘not guilty’ plea by default – but lawyers may now plead insanity to spare the death penalty.
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.
The vote is a major blow to the Obama administration.
The law contains an expansion of background checks for gun purchases at firearm shows and on the internet but not between relatives and friends.
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.
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.
Connecticut is set to become the third state to vote in new gun control rules following the Newtown shooting.
“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.
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.
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.
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