Texas cheerleaders shot after one says she got into wrong car

Texas cheerleaders shot after one says she got into wrong car

A man shot two Texas cheerleaders after one of them mistakenly got into his car thinking it was her own,in the latest in a string of recent US shootings apparently sparked by someone showing up at the wrong place.

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Bank employee kills four in Kentucky,including governor’s friend

Bank employee kills four in Kentucky,including governor’s friend

A bank building in downtown Louisville,Kentucky,has become the scene of America’s latest mass shooting.

  • byDylan Lovan
‘Calm down? Children are dying!’ Nashville shooting sparks shouting match between congressmen

‘Calm down? Children are dying!’ Nashville shooting sparks shouting match between congressmen

Representative Jamaal Bowman,a former middle school principal,told reporters that Republicans were “gutless” for not backing gun control laws after this week’s shooting.

  • byAndrew Jeong
‘Some resentment’ may have fuelled school shooter’s attack,says police chief

‘Some resentment’ may have fuelled school shooter’s attack,says police chief

The attacker,who police said identified as transgender,wielded two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol in the latest US mass shooting,police said.

  • byKevin Wurm
‘I’m up to no good,love you’:The year-long murder plot over a stolen chainsaw

‘I’m up to no good,love you’:The year-long murder plot over a stolen chainsaw

Martin ‘Marty’ Sheahan hadn’t seen his former colleague for seven years the day the 64-year-old turned up at his home,shooting him twice with a sawn off shotgun through his front stained-glass window.

  • byErin Pearson
Soldiers of hate:Army investigates neo-Nazis in its ranks
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Soldiers of hate:Army investigates neo-Nazis in its ranks

The Australian Army has discovered serving members are neo-Nazis,as a new generation of far-right leadership emerges with a declared interest in guns.

  • byNick McKenzie
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Anonymous tip-off,German gun laws failed to stop slaughter at Jehovah’s Witnesses hall

Anonymous tip-off,German gun laws failed to stop slaughter at Jehovah’s Witnesses hall

The gunman killed six people and then himself when he opened fire in Hamburg. Eight other people were wounded,including a woman who lost her unborn daughter.

  • byMatthias Williams andRachel More
Gunman kills 3,including reporter covering initial shooting

Gunman kills 3,including reporter covering initial shooting

Dylan Lyons has been named as the American TV journalist who was killed while reporting on the fatal shooting of a woman in Orlando.

  • byDavid Fischer andFreida Frisaro
‘Australian first’:Mandatory mental health checks for WA gun licences

‘Australian first’:Mandatory mental health checks for WA gun licences

“Twenty Western Australians were killed by firearms last year. Police believe mental health may have been a factor in almost 50 per cent of those deaths,” Police Minister Paul Papalia said.

  • byAlex Condon
‘Catastrophic,premeditated,calculated murder’ prompts security talks

‘Catastrophic,premeditated,calculated murder’ prompts security talks

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk took a proposal to strengthen gun laws to national cabinet,where ASIO gave a secret briefing on the threat posed by sovereign citizens.

  • byMatt Dennien
The only way America will ever solve its gun problem
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The only way America will ever solve its gun problem

Until America’s elected representatives,from local government to the White House,are prepared to put their own political careers on the line,gun violence will continue to wreak carnage in their country.

  • byBrad Emery