From teenagers with glocks to middle-aged mums with shotguns – these portraits from Melbourne photographer Tom Franks place an Aussie lens on US gun culture.
I hadn’t planned to write about gun violence as soon as I moved to the United States,but this relentless stream of killing is impossible to ignore.
Governor Andy Beshear said after the shooting:“There is far too much violence in this world,and I pray there is a path to a better tomorrow.”
The teenager and his father,who were interviewed by law enforcement in 2023 in connection with online threats about carrying out a school shooting,have been arrested.
Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation came after a scathing hearing in which she was excoriated by both sides of politics over the assassination attempt.
The insurrection against the decrepit president would be perfectly sensible if the Democrats had a compelling candidate to replace him.
Republicans say they are more united than ever before,galvanised by the failed assassination of Trump and a shambolic Democratic Party under a weakened president.
Australia does not have America’s gun culture or record of political violence,but many of our politicians are increasingly concerned about their security.
If there was ever any doubt that this is Donald J. Trump’s party,it has ended. Friends and former enemies alike have realigned behind the MAGA platform.
Picking investment winners under a Donald Trump regime has become the market’s latest sport.
Access to guns does not fully explain the intensity of American political violence. There must be something more.