Topic: gun-control

Florida shooting reignites U.S. gun rights debate

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 »

Student kills at least 10 in Texas high school massacre

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 »

Student-led US gun protests draw huge crowds

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

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 »

Students against guns

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 »

‘Not one 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

White House to help arm school employees: officials

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 08:41 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 »

Video games linked to violence, Trump tells industry

Video games linked to violence, Trump tells industry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 01:10 PM

WASHINGTON - Video games have been linked to real-world violence, US President Donald Trump told gaming industry leaders in a meeting Thursday after a school shooting last month reignited a national debate over guns. Read more »

Republicans rebuff students' call for tough gun curbs

Republicans rebuff students' call for tough gun curbs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 08:45 AM

WASHINGTON - Republican leaders rebuffed calls for major changes to US gun laws Tuesday following the mass shooting at a Florida high school, as students braced for their emotional return to the campus where 14 classmates and three staff were murdered. Read more »

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