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# Guns

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Trump panel recommends US schools should consider arming staff
The Federal Commission on School Safety panel was set up after the February massacre in Parkland, Florida.
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Dec 19th 2018, 8:22 AM
Gunman shoots three dead in Cincinnati bank
The gunman was then shot by police.
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Sep 6th 2018, 5:08 PM
Two police officers among four fatalities in Canadian mass shooting as suspected gunman arrested
The incident happened in the Fredericton area of New Brunswick.
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Aug 10th 2018, 2:40 PM
Gun traders say regulations are 'driving law-abiding dealers out of business'
A protest is due to take place outside garda headquarters in Dublin today.
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Jul 26th 2018, 6:00 AM
Chicago police release body camera footage of man fatally shot by officers
Protesters angry about the killing took to the streets on Saturday in a city that’s struggled with police shootings.
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Jul 16th 2018, 9:16 AM
Man who walked around north Dublin with realistic AK47 jailed for 2.5 years
Eoin Berkeley has already served 18 months on remand.
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Jun 19th 2018, 6:25 PM
Most rank-and-file gardaí have no tactical training to deal with armed criminals or terrorists
The Garda Representative Association has pointed out that unarmed gardaí are likely to be first on the scene, but have not been prepared for these dangerous scenarios.
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May 29th 2018, 6:10 AM
Pictures: 'Significant' amount of guns and explosives found during 12 day search in Lurgan
A pipe bomb uncovered near a nursery would “almost certainly” have killed or caused injury if detonated.
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May 11th 2018, 6:03 PM
Gunman kills four people at restaurant in Tennessee
Police are searching for the gunman.
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Apr 22nd 2018, 3:30 PM
Submachine gun and four handguns found in backpack in Dublin
Gardaí have seized the firearms and a vehicle.
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Apr 3rd 2018, 5:51 PM
'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
Teen wounded in US school shooting dies after life support removed
“My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head and took everything from us.”
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Mar 24th 2018, 12:12 PM
'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
Teenage girl shot dead by her 9-year-old brother in Mississippi
Local media are reporting that the two had been arguing about a video game controller before the shooting.
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Mar 19th 2018, 10:56 AM
Gardaí believe they have stopped another gangland murder after arrests made in Wexford
Two men have been arrested and three cars have been seized.
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Mar 15th 2018, 10:14 AM
Three men to appear in court over Dublin firearm seizure
The men were arrested over the weekend.
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Mar 15th 2018, 7:43 AM
America’s gun culture: What makes Americans so attached to their weapons?
After opening their session with a prayer for the 17 young Floridians recently killed, state legislators then overwhelmingly rejected a ban on semi-automatic guns.
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Mar 4th 2018, 9:45 AM
Kinahan cartel suffers another blow after international police arrest fourth Irishman in three months
Gardai have been working with Dutch police, Interpol, Europol and US agencies in relation to the movements of the Dublin-based cartel.
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Mar 3rd 2018, 9:00 PM
Companies distance themselves from the NRA after latest school shooting
The moves came as petitions circulated online targeting companies offering discounts to NRA members.
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Feb 24th 2018, 2:46 PM
Armed policeman at Parkland school 'never went in' to confront shooter
The officer has resigned.
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Feb 23rd 2018, 7:00 AM
NRA chief criticises 'politicisation' of Florida school shooting
He also doubled down on the NRA’s longstanding position that armed Americans were the first line of defence in confronting deadly attacks.
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Feb 22nd 2018, 9:54 PM
Revolver, ammunition and cocaine seized at house in Dublin's north inner city
A man in his late teens and a juvenile female were arrested at the scene.
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Feb 19th 2018, 6:54 AM
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
For school gun massacre survivors, fear and grief takes hold
Survivors have described the moment they heard the first shots ring out.
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Feb 15th 2018, 10:00 PM
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
Men found with 'lethal arsenal' of weapons jailed for nine and ten years
The men were found with the cache on 24 January last year.
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Jan 30th 2018, 1:26 PM
Senior Kinahan gang member flees after murder of Derek Coakley Hutch
One of the key Dublin lieutenants has not been seen since last week.
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Jan 27th 2018, 7:00 AM
Suspected serial killer arrested after bringing murder weapon to his job at McDonald's
Howell Emanuel Donaldson is charged with four murders which spanned 51 days.
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Nov 29th 2017, 10:47 PM
26 people, aged between 5 and 72, killed in church shooting in Texas
The gunman, a young white male, is also dead.
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Nov 5th 2017, 11:55 PM
Guns, drunken melees, and pest infestations - living in emergency accommodation in Dublin is no joke
Three months’ worth of complaints to the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive suggest conditions in the capital’s emergency accommodation are fraught.
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Oct 30th 2017, 12:05 AM
Three million adult Americans carry a loaded gun on a daily basis
New research reviewed the behaviour of 1,444 gun owners in the US.
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Oct 22nd 2017, 8:45 AM
'We're a country that idealises its founding': America's complicated relationship with the gun
That intimate connection with firearms is under renewed scrutiny after the worst mass shooting in recent US history.
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Oct 15th 2017, 10:30 AM
Gun stocks rise following mass shooting in Las Vegas
Many investors who never directly purchased shares of gun companies may have them in their retirement savings plan.
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Oct 7th 2017, 7:15 AM
In the wake of Vegas the NRA is backing a call for a curb on assault weapons
The powerful gun lobby organisation has made what is, for it, something of a seismic step-down.
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Oct 6th 2017, 8:31 AM
'We were walking towards the hotel when I heard this pop, pop, pop sound': Irish honeymoon couple caught up in Las Vegas attack
The attack left at least 50 people dead, with over 400 transported to hospitals with injuries.
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Oct 3rd 2017, 12:05 AM
Mass shooting at Tennessee church leaves one woman dead and seven others injured
Police say the gunman has been captured.
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Sep 24th 2017, 7:36 PM
Mobster and two innocent farmers gunned down in Italy as mafia feud escalates
Two brothers who happened to drive by at the wrong moment were shot dead.
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Aug 9th 2017, 9:38 PM
Video footage suggests Russia may be arming the Taliban
The footage obtained by CNN shows Taliban fighters brandishing weapons they claim were supplied by Russian government sources.
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Jul 25th 2017, 8:11 AM
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
'We're being called Trump militia. It's something I'm probably going to wear as a badge now'
Militias usually decrease in popularity under a Republican president, but Trump is proving an exception.
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Jun 18th 2017, 9:45 AM
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