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Solemn service to mark 20th anniversary of Columbine High massacre

Keith Coffman, Reuters
Posted at Apr 20 08:01 PM

For the relatives of those killed, April 20 evokes a mix of emotions from sorrow and anguish to fond memories of loved ones. Read more »

New Zealand pledges reforms as relaxed gun laws scrutinized

Will Ziebell, Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 07:02 PM

MELBOURNE - New Zealand is normally peaceful and calm - and has plenty of guns.   Read more »

A year after US school massacre, gun control remains elusive

Leila Macor, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 14 08:34 AM

MIAMI - On Valentine's Day of last year, a 19-year-old armed with a military-style assault rifle walked into his old high school in Parkland, Florida and slaughtered 17 people.  Read more »

‘Time for PNP to impose stricter gun control measures’: Lacson after Batocabe slay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 01:51 AM

Lacson urged the PNP to be more rigorous in carrying out gun-control measures in light of the killing of party-list lawmaker Rodel Batocabe. Read more »

Gunman kills 12 in California bar packed with students

Javier Tovar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 08:00 PM

A gunman killed 12 people, including a police officer, when he opened fire in a country music bar packed with college students in California, officials and witnesses said Thursday. Read more »

Video game maker cancels 3 tournaments after Florida mass shooting

Reuters
Posted at Aug 29 01:51 AM

Video game maker Electronic Arts canceled three tournaments of its Madden NFL 19 football game to review safety protocols after a competitor who lost a tournament attacked with a gun, killing two gamers and wounding 11 others.   Read more »

Florida shooting reignites U.S. gun rights debate

Scott Malone, Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 04:20 AM

The slaying of two competitors at a Florida video game tournament on Sunday has stirred the long-simmering gun rights debate in the state on the eve of its hotly contested state and federal primary elections. Read more »

Police seek motive in shooting at Florida video game tournament

Reuters
Posted at Aug 27 11:17 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Police on Monday were trying to determine why a gunman opened fire at a Jacksonville, Florida, video game tournament, killing two people and injuring 11 others before fatally shooting himself.   Read more »

U.S. gun control groups seek to block distribution of 3-D gun blueprints

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Jul 25 08:04 AM

WASHINGTON - Three gun control advocacy groups are banding together to try to block the Trump administration from allowing Americans to access blueprints for 3-D printable guns on the internet. Read more »

ALAMIN: Batas na nangangasiwa sa pag-aangkin ng baril

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 11:18 PM

Ayon sa isang abogado, kailangan munang dumaan sa proseso para makakuha ng permiso sa pagmamay-ari ng baril o License To Own and Possess Firearm (LTOPF). Read more »

FACTBOX: Major school shootings in the United States

Reuters
Posted at May 19 05:26 AM

A student at Santa Fe, Texas, high school allegedly killed at eight to 10 people, most of them fellow students, on Friday morning before being arrested, the Harris County sheriff said.   Read more »

Student kills at least 10 in Texas high school massacre

Liz Hampton and Erwin Seba, Reuters
Updated as of May 19 04:06 AM

SANTA FE (UPDATED) - A male student who entered a Texas high school on Friday and shot dead 10 people, including fellow pupils, had planned to end the attack with his suicide but instead surrendered to police, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said. Read more »

US congressman pulls loaded gun at constituent meeting

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 08:10 AM

WASHINGTONG, United States - A US congressman pulled out a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol during a meeting with constituents Friday in a bid to make a point about gun safety, according to a local report.   Read more »

Student-led US gun protests draw huge crowds

Chris Lefkow and Sebastien Blanc, Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 25 08:25 AM

More than a million Americans flooded the streets of cities nationwide for emotional protests demanding tighter gun control on Saturday, in a march spearheaded by teenagers from a Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead last month. Read more »

March for our Lives

Nicholas Kamm, AFP
Posted at Mar 25 02:26 AM

People arrive for the March for Our Lives rally against gun violence in Washington, DC on Saturday. Galvanized by a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday in the biggest protest for gun control in a generation.  Read more »

US poised for largest gun control protest in a generation

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 24 03:09 PM

The student-organized "March For Our Lives" is to feature rallies from coast to coast, with the main event scheduled to take place in Washington within sight of the US Capitol. Read more »

Students against guns

Jim Bourg, Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 11:55 AM

Students gather outside the White House in Washington, D.C., United States on Wednesday as they join thousands of students across the country walking out of classes to demand stricter gun laws. Read more »

Teacher accidentally fires gun in class, HS student injured

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 26 09:59 AM

LOS ANGELES - At least one California high school student was injured superficially when a teacher accidentally discharged a gun in class during a firearms safety course, police said on Wednesday. Read more »

‘Not one more’

Saul Loeb, AFP
Posted at Mar 14 02:53 PM

The lawn outside the US Capitol is covered with 7,000 pairs of empty shoes to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting, in a display organized by the global advocacy group Avaaz, in Washington, DC, Tuesday.    Read more »

White House to help arm school employees: officials

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 16 01:15 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's administration will step up aid to states that want to arm school employees, officials said Sunday under a plan to increase campus safety after the killing of 17 people in Florida.  Read more »