gun violence
Canada's new law would freeze importing, buying or selling handguns
Canada's government introduced legislation Monday to implement a "national freeze" on the sale and purchase of handguns as part of a gun control package that would also limit magazine capacities and ban some toys that look like guns.
He "wasn’t a violent person", mother of Texas shooter says
Mother of the 18-year-old who gunned down 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school has said, “My son wasn’t a violent person,” according to BBC.
One person injured in shooting at Norway mosque
One person is injured in a shooting inside a mosque in a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo, police say, adding that the suspect has been apprehended.
America's grim reality of gun violence
On the night of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock, from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, sprayed bullets at 22,000 concertgoers, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Of Americans' deadly love affair with guns
Gun violence in the US has reached a horrifying level so much so that you will see records of it virtually every day if you visit the website of Gun Violence Archive (GVA)—a non-profit organisation that collects data on gun-related violence in the US.
One dead in Texas shooting, gunman still at large
One person is killed and four others are wounded in a shooting in Austin, Texas. Police warn that the shooter is still at large.
US cop ambushed 'in the name of Islam'
A man who shot and wounded a policeman at point blank range as he sat in his patrol car was inspired by Islamic State militants, police said.
Obama takes action over US gun laws
US President Barack Obama is to widen background checks on buyers of firearms, in a series of measures to address gun violence.
Suspects named after US mass shooting
At least 14 people were killed in a shooting at a holiday party in California, triggering a massive manhunt which ended when police shot dead two heavily armed suspects -- a man and a woman -- on a quiet residential street.
7 dead in dozens of Chicago shootings
A convulsion of gun violence leaves 7 dead in 33 shooting incidents across Chicago during a chaotic Independence Day weekend in the midwestern US city, police say on Sunday.