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Gun violence in the US
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Much like al-Qaeda and Isis, and their textual literalism that has been tied to a certain reading of the Koran, so gun rights and the violence that inevitably accompanies them have been the results of America’s founding constitutional documents.

US politicians are too distracted by culture wars to address problems such as climate change and global food shortages that will kill far more people than those who die in gun violence.

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Just as domestic mass killings are almost always good for gun stock investors in the United States, so foreign wars with US military involvement will for sure boost the share prices of American weapons manufacturers.

  • A ‘Stay Safe’ book being given to children features the beloved bear telling them how to lock doors and hide when ‘danger is near’
  • One mother called it ‘tone deaf’ to send the book home with kids without explanation near the anniversary of last year’s Uvalde mass shooting
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Texas police were investigating what motivated a 33-year-old gunman to kill at least eight people at a mall over the weekend, as President Joe Biden called for stricter gun laws.

The gunman, whom authorities said they believe acted alone, was killed by a police officer after he began firing outside the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas.

In the United States, 97 people have been killed in 19 mass killings this year, exceeding the record set in 2009 when 93 people were killed in 17 incidents by the end of April.

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Police said they were searching for suspect Francisco Oropeza following the overnight shooting in Cleveland, north of Houston. ‘Everyone that was shot was shot from the neck up, almost execution-style,’ police said.

Till was beaten, shot and mutilated four days after Carolyn Bryant Donham claimed he had whistled at her, in a murder case that helped ignite the US Civil Rights movement.

Little revealed about unprecedented crackdown but around 300 people rounded up, accused of spreading hate speech or stoking school violence.

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Robert Dotson was killed earlier this month by Farmington police officers after they showed up at the wrong address in response to domestic violence call

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The mother of the 25-year-old bank employee who killed five people in a shooting rampage in Louisville on Monday frantically called police to report her son’s intentions.

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Deja Taylor faces felony child neglect and firearms charges over an incident in which educator Abigail Zwerner was wounded in class by a young student.

The gunman – who broadcast the attack live online – was fatally shot at the scene, though it was unclear whether from police fire or a self-inflicted wound.

Abby Zwerner, 25, seeks damages from school officials for their gross negligence in allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun.

Before the incident that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, assistant director Dave Halls did not make sure every round in the gun was a dummy.

A heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at a private junior school, before being shot dead by police.

Visiting Monterey Park, California – site of the January massacre at a dance studio – the president signs an executive order strengthening background checks before firearm sales.

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