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Guns in America
I was close to one of the US gun massacres. ‘Thoughts and prayers’ did nothing
Can the worship of weapons be stopped in a country at war with itself?
- by Grace Tame
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Guns in America
‘Because I don’t want my children to get shot’: why I left America
After the shooting at an elementary school in Texas last week, I am yet again convinced this decision to move my family away from America – where the number one cause of death for children is now guns – was the right one.
- by Cole Haddon
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Guns in America
Why can’t America fix its gun crisis?
Why do mass shootings keep happening in the US? What does the Second Amendment mean? Who are the NRA? And where is gun regulation reform at today?
- by Sherryn Groch and Billie Eder
‘An international embarrassment’: Biden announces gun violence plan
The US President says the fact 100 Americans die each day by firearms is a “blemish on the character of our nation”.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
Guns in America
Can Biden succeed on guns where Obama failed? He must try
Another week, anther mass shooting in the United States, but there is at least some glimmer of hope that the new President can reform US gun laws.
- by Bruce Wolpe
National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy after NY legal trouble
The gun rights lobby plans to restructure in Texas, where it could avoid a New York lawsuit brought claiming senior leaders diverted millions for personal use.
- by Jan Wolfe and Jonathan Stemple
Opinion
US election
Shooting for the women's vote: the smoking gun in the Trump campaign
It's female voters who will decide who will be the next president - and gun rights groups have them firmly in their sights.
- by Helen Pitt
New York Attorney-General launches lawsuit to dissolve the NRA
NRA boss Wayne LaPierre and other executives named in lawsuit following an 18-month investigation into allegations of fraud.
Far-right pro-gun Facebook trio behind anti-quarantine protests
The groups have become hubs for protest misinformation - from comparing the virus to the flu to questioning the intentions of scientists working on a vaccine.
- by Isaac Stanley-Becker and Tony Romm
FBI figures reveal historic surge in US gun sales amid virus fears
Gun retailers reported that the overwhelming majority of buyers over the past month have been first-time gun owners, raising concerns that the weapons are being purchased by people not trained in safely handling and storing their new weapons.
- by Lisa Marie Pane
Background checks for gun sales are off the table, Trump tells NRA
President's conversation with Wayne LaPierre further reduced hopes that major new gun-safety measures would be enacted after the latest round of mass shootings.
- by Tom Hamburger and Josh Dawsey
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/national-rifle-association-1n5c