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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?

  • Grace Tame

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Children pray at a memorial site for the victims killed in the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

‘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.

  • Cole Haddon
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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?

  • Sherryn Groch and Billie Eder
President Joe Biden announced new measures to tackle gun violence at the White House Rose Garden.

‘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”.

  • Matthew Knott
The scee of the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, this week.

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.

  • Bruce Wolpe
National Rifle Association has filed for bankruptcy, planning to reincorporate in Texas to avoid a lawsuit.

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.

  • Jan Wolfe and Jonathan Stemple
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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.

  • Helen Pitt
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association.

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.

Kevin King cradles an assault rifle as he stands on the top of the Capitol steps at a protest opposing Washington state's stay-home order to slow the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, in Olympia.

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.

  • Isaac Stanley-Becker and Tony Romm
Gun control advocates said gun rights groups are sowing fear during the pandemic in order to boost firearms sales.

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.

  • Lisa Marie Pane

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