# gun-control - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Joe Biden told a second-grader that he “really liked” his idea about guns that shoot chocolate instead of bullets.
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# gun-control - Monday 13 May, 2013
James Holmes entered a ‘not guilty’ plea by default – but lawyers may now plead insanity to spare the death penalty.
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# gun-control - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
The study found that while 13 per cent of gunshot injuries resulted in death, only 1.7 of those who suffered from other injuries died.
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# gun-control - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
The vote is a major blow to the Obama administration.
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# gun-control - Thursday 11 April, 2013
The law contains an expansion of background checks for gun purchases at firearm shows and on the internet but not between relatives and friends.
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The US first lady highlighted the case of a 15-year-old girl who was shot dead in January, one week after she sang at Barack Obama’s inauguration.
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# gun-control - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
The US president gave his second big speech on gun control in a week in a Connecticut town close to where the Sandy Hook massacre took place.
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# gun-control - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Good morning! Here’s what you should know as you kick off your Thursday. (It’s a four-day week, hang in there.)
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Connecticut is set to become the third state to vote in new gun control rules following the Newtown shooting.
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# gun-control - Monday 1 April, 2013
“In all the information that is available to me, it is my intention that for James Eagan Holmes in this case, justice is death,” the prosecuting lawyer said today.
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# gun-control - Thursday 21 March, 2013
After Newtown, Larry Donnelly was optimistic that the US might work towards stricter gun laws – but news that a ban on assault weapons has been removed from the legislation currently being considered has caused him to lose hope.
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# gun-control - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
TJ Lane, 18, had previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but changed his plea a day before the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting.
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# gun-control - Friday 22 February, 2013
Biden advocated a series of proposals, including universal background checks for gun owners, a ban on many military-style weapons and a limit on the size of magazines.
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# gun-control - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
He also rejects link between Hollywood shootouts and real-life gun crime.
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# gun-control - Sunday 3 February, 2013
The image, dated from last August, shows the President skeet shooting.
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# gun-control - Friday 1 February, 2013
The Gallup research found 30 per cent of Americans own a gun, with people in the south of the country most likely to be gun owners.
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# gun-control - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
President Obama demanded an assault weapons ban and universal background checks for gun buyers.
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Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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# gun-control - Monday 7 January, 2013
A week-long preliminary hearing will determine whether James Holmes, 25, will stand trial for the fatal shootings of 12 people last July.
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# gun-control - Saturday 5 January, 2013
The US president later described this as the worst day in his presidency.
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# gun-control - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
The CNN host is coming under severe criticism for his outspoken views on gun control in the United States.
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# gun-control - Sunday 23 December, 2012
The NRA’s executive vice presidents said planned legislation to outlaw military-style assault weapons wouldn’t work.
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# gun-control - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Police still trying to discover motive behind shooting of three people in a rural area of Pennsylvania.
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# gun-control - Friday 21 December, 2012
26 bells were sounded – one for each of the victims of last week’s shooting – after a moment of silence.
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# gun-control - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Sandy Hook elementary remains closed, though, and children have been invited to attend alternative schools next month.
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# gun-control - Sunday 16 December, 2012
The President will visit the scene of Friday’s school massacre to sympathise with the families of the 27 victims.
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The names and ages of the victims have been released, as officials say each victim was struck more than once.
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# gun-control - Saturday 15 December, 2012
Candlelit vigils and prayer services for the victims have been held in Newtown Connecticut and in Washington.
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As the world reacts to the latest mass shooting in America, we ask you whether you believe a tightening of America’s gun laws will make any lasting difference?
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World leaders have expressed their condolences over the killing and raised questions about America’s lax gun laws.
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# gun-control - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
A store near Atlanta has raised legal eyebrows – because its promotion could be seen as an enticement to vote.
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# gun-control - Monday 6 August, 2012
Sikh leaders have suggested that American Muslims may have been the intended target of the mass shooting.
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# gun-control - Sunday 11 September, 2011
The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.
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