Gun rights expanded after US Supreme Court overturns NY handgun law

Gun rights expanded after US Supreme Court overturns NY handgun law

The Supreme Court said Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defence,a ruling likely to lead to more people legally armed in cities and beyond.

  • byJessica Gresko

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‘Abject failure’:Police made ‘terrible’ decisions during Uvalde shooting,official says

‘Abject failure’:Police made ‘terrible’ decisions during Uvalde shooting,official says

A Texas official told a hearing that “terrible decisions” were made by the onsite commander and officers who did not have enough training.

Gun reform deal reached by US senators with key Republican backing

Gun reform deal reached by US senators with key Republican backing

The announcement marks the furthest that talks on a gun measure have advanced in Congress since 2013,following the Sandy Hook school massacre.

  • byRichard Cowan
Survivor of Uvalde shooting ‘grabbed’ friend’s blood to stay alive
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Uvalde school shooting

Survivor of Uvalde shooting ‘grabbed’ friend’s blood to stay alive

Miah Cerrillo,11,has recounted the terror of the day a gunman shot her classmates in Uvalde as the US Congress comes under pressure to act on gun violence.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Handgun sales surge in Canada ahead of plan for tighter control

Handgun sales surge in Canada ahead of plan for tighter control

In parts of the country,customers were lining up in the street,desperate to get a firearm before the ban.

  • byDavid Millward
Coco’s statement is a sign of the times ... for write or wrong

Coco’s statement is a sign of the times ... for write or wrong

That the public has barely raised an eyebrow at Coco Gauff’s on-court message about gun violence shows how normalised we are to athletes making political statements. But the natural endpoint of sport’s embrace of social causes is near.

  • byMalcolm Knox
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Oklahoma gunman who killed four targeted surgeon who treated him

Oklahoma gunman who killed four targeted surgeon who treated him

The suspect wanted to kill the doctor who he blamed for back pain he felt after surgery,US authorities have revealed.

  • byMichael Noble Jr.
When the good guys don’t show up:Great American myth evaporates in Uvalde

When the good guys don’t show up:Great American myth evaporates in Uvalde

As the shooting at Robb Elementary unfolded,trained police officers fell back and cowered,while a killer with a weapon of mass destruction went about his malevolent business for 80 minutes. This is American gun logic,taken to the extreme.

  • byBill Wyman
On his visit,Uvalde tells Joe Biden to ‘do something’;he pledges ‘we will’

On his visit,Uvalde tells Joe Biden to ‘do something’;he pledges ‘we will’

As he departed mass at a local church to meet privately with family members,a crowd of about 100 people began chanting,calling for action on guns.

  • byZeke Miller andElliot Spagat
Texas police say ‘wrong decision’ to not break into Uvalde classroom sooner

Texas police say ‘wrong decision’ to not break into Uvalde classroom sooner

Questions are mounting over the amount of time it took police officers to enter the school to confront the 18-year-old gunman.

  • byJake Bleiberg,Jim Vertuno andElliot Spagat
Why can’t America fix its gun crisis?

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?

  • bySherryn Groch andBillie Eder