Demonstrators have rallied across the United States to demand laws curbing gun violence following last month’s massacre at a Texas school.
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.
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.
In a rare prime-time address to the nation US President urged Congress,yet again,to pass stricter gun limits following the latest wave of mass shootings.
The suspect wanted to kill the doctor who he blamed for back pain he felt after surgery,US authorities have revealed.
The shooting comes on the same day victims of the school shooting in Uvalde,Texas were being buried.
US President Joe Biden and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discussed gun violence,climate change,and the rise of China at the White House.
Texas is facing painful questions about the proliferation of guns and the permissive state laws that allowed the 18-year-old to legally buy the weapon used in the attack.
Some of the gun company’s advertisements invoke popular video games like Call of Duty and feature Star Wars characters and Santa Claus,messages that are likely to appeal to teenagers.
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.
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.