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1. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Man held as Philippines probes deadly gun rampage

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 01:23pm by Agence France-Presse in Manila

   ... News Asia Philippines gun rampage Manila Agence France-Presse in Manila A man accused of helping a Philippine gunman kill seven people and wound 12 others has been detained as police investigate the motive for the drug-fuelled rampage, officials said on Saturday. Witnesses told police the arrested suspect helped reload a semi-automatic pistol as the gunman, later shot dead ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1120512/man-held-philippines-probes-deadly-gun-rampage
2. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Philippine mall security guards required to carry guns

   Posted Jan 31st 2013, 09:45pm by AFP

   ... guards are generally exempted from such pre-poll bans. Gunmen kill nine police, villagers in central Philippines Suspected accomplice held over Philippines gun rampage Man held as Philippines probes deadly gun rampage ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1140500/philippine-mall-security-guards-required-carry-guns
3. News - World

   Four dead, 3 police hurt in Pennsylvania shootings

   Posted Dec 22nd 2012, 12:04pm by Reuters in Philadelphia

   ... News World Gun Control Gun violence in the US Newtown shooting Reuters in Philadelphia A man with a pistol fatally shot three people on Friday in rural western Pennsylvania, one of them ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1110599/four-dead-3-police-hurt-pennsylvania-shootings
4. Comment - Blogs

   A farewell to arms

   Posted Dec 27th 2012, 01:25pm by Jason Y Ng

   ... Comment Blogs Gun violence in the US Jason Y Ng America is a bizarre country. To be an American – or to live in America – is to accept a few things that defy common sense. For starters, ... But you call these guns "assault rifles." That is just one of many inaccuracies in this article. These are semi-automatic weapons, not automatic weapons. Of course, since you cannot own guns in your country, I don't expect you to understand the difference... Semi-automatic means you can fire as many times as you pull the trigger. Automatic means that you pull the trigger ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1113512/farewell-arms
5. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Philippine leader keeps gun despite outcry

   Posted Jan 12th 2013, 02:43pm by Agence France-Presse in Manila

   ... News Asia Philippines President Benigno Aquino guns Agence France-Presse in Manila Philippine President Benigno Aquino may continue to carry a gun despite an impending ban on bearing firearms in the run-up to polls, an election official said Saturday. Gun ownership is a sensitive topic in the Philippines, where calls are growing for tighter controls or an outright ban ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1126354/philippine-leader-keeps-gun-despite-outcry
6. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Two US firefighters shot dead in arson ‘trap’

   Posted Dec 25th 2012, 01:25pm by AFP

   ... was nowhere to be found, according to police. Investigators had not yet determined the gunman’s motive. The incident, which comes as debate rages in the United States about gun control following ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1112580/two-us-firefighters-shot-dead-arson-trap
7. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Drug-fuelled gunman kills seven in Philippines

   Posted Jan 04th 2013, 01:56pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Gun Control Ronald Pae Stephanie Ella Agence France-Presse in Kawit A gunman with a semi-automatic pistol killed seven people and wounded 11 others during a drug-fuelled rampage in a slum near the Philippine capital on Friday, authorities said. The ordeal, which ended when police shot the assailant dead, again raised concerns about the country’s lax gun controls after ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1119760/drug-fuelled-gunman-kills-seven-philippines
8. News - World - SCHOOL SHOOTING

   US mourns victims of Connecticut school massacre

   Posted Dec 16th 2012, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... News World Connecticut school shooting Barack Obama Gun Laws Agencies in Newtown, Connecticut US mourns 20 children killed by gunman, as tearful Obama urges action to prevent further tragedies and the demands for tighter gun laws grow Residents of the small Connecticut community of Newtown were reeling yesterday from one of the worst mass shootings in US history, as police ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1106509/us-mourns-victims-connecticut-school-massacre
9. Rampage strengthens anti-gun lobby's cause

   Posted Mar 25th 2005, 12:00am by Peter Kammerer

   ... Gun Politics Quotation Person Career analysis Peter Kammerer Foreign Editor American anti-gun lobbyists yesterday said the outpouring of public outrage over a series of high-profile shootings could ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/494187/rampage-strengthens-anti-gun-lobbys-cause
10. News - World - MASS SHOOTING

    Obama gives speech at vigil service for Sandy Hook school shooting victims

    Posted Dec 18th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

    ... News World Connecticut school shooting Gun Control Law Agence France-Presse in Newtown While delivering his eulogy for the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting, Barack Obama hinted at a push towards gun reform control Like a teacher reading the roster before class, US President Barack Obama sketched in haunting, human terms, the horror of the Connecticut school massacre. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1107245/obama-gives-speech-vigil-service-sandy-hook-school-shooting-victims

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