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Gun control

  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Supreme Court overturns ‘bump stock’ ban in blow for firearm restrictions

    Trump-era rule had come after deadliest mass shooting in modern US history

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  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    National Rifle Association
    US National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre to resign

    Gun rights crusader’s announcement comes just before civil trial alleging misuse of funds at lobby group

    Wayne LaPierre
  • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israelis queue to buy guns in aftermath of Hamas attacks

    Firearms store owners say there has been unprecedented rise in sales in wake of fears of more unrest

    A person receives weapons training from a tutor at a shooting range in Efrat
  • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
    News in-depthMiddle Eastern politics & society
    ‘The police and military can’t be everywhere’: Israelis wrangle over easing gun controls

    Supporters say move would plug security gap but critics fear it could fuel crime and violence

    A man fires a gun on a shooting range in a Golan Heights settlement
  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    Collapsing social trust is driving American gun violence

    Mass shootings and high-powered rifles draw most attention, but the reality of most US firearm deaths lies elsewhere

    FT montage image of a handgun and blue dots
  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Serbia to tighten gun laws after two mass shootings in a week

    Belgrade vows more restrictions on weapons stocks left over after wars in 1990s

    Police at the scene of the second mass shooting in Serbia this week, in Dubona, 30 miles south of Belgrade
  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    News in-depthBrazilian politics
    ‘Public security is impossible’: Lula takes on Brazil’s gun owners

    Leftwing president hopes tighter laws will reduce surge in use of firearms, including attacks on schools

    A man holding an automatic pistol
  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    It’s time for a serious tax on guns in America

    New research suggests first-time gun buyers are sensitive to price. Policymakers should take note

  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    US gun violence
    Suspected Los Angeles gunman takes own life after 10 killed at dance hall

    Attack at lunar new year party in Monterey Park was deadliest mass shooting in US since Uvalde school massacre

    A police vehicle sits near the scene of the shooting
  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    Britain and America’s electoral geographies are broken

    The UK and US systems warp our understanding of key social issues among the public

    An FT montage image of a person putting voting ballot into a box, overlaid with bar chart lines
  • Monday, 11 July, 2022
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    The changing face of gun owners in the US

    There has been dramatic diversification in sales of semi-automatic weapons as social fears grow

    A mourner visits a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois
  • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
    Edward Luce
    America’s unending horizon of mass shootings

    The growing militarisation of US society looks hard to stop

    A father oversees his 7-year-old son as he steadies an AR-15 rifle
  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    US gun violence
    Suspect in Chicago suburb parade massacre charged with murder

    Attack at July 4 festivities in Highland Park left seven people dead and dozens more injured

    FBI agents work at the scene of a shooting that took place at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois
  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    US gun violence
    Police detain ‘person of interest’ after deadly July 4 shooting in Chicago suburb

    Highland Park attack that left 6 dead follows other massacres in the US this year

    Police officer at the scene of the shooting in Highland Park
  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    US passes gun-control bill following rare bipartisan compromise

    Agreement for modest reform includes tightening of background checks

    Chris Murphy, the Democratic senator from Connecticut
  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Supreme Court US
    Supreme Court recognises right to carry firearms in public and strikes down NY law

    Conservative majority’s ruling decried by Democrats and liberal justices as having potentially deadly consequences

    A handgun is displayed in Brooklyn, New York
  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    US gun violence
    Why New York gun violence victims may have their day in court

    State law exposing arms manufacturers to liability gets a first test as mass shootings put focus on federal ‘shield’

    A protest group performs in honour of victims of gun violence
  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    Senators agree on modest US gun reforms in wake of shootings

    Rare bipartisan deal falls short of measures such as assault weapons ban demanded by Joe Biden

    Thousands of gun-control advocates join the ‘March for Our Lives’ at a rally near the Washington Monument in Washington on Saturday
  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    LexUS gun violence
    Gun makers: a lethal product and a lacklustre business Premium content

    Cheap firearms for the average householder remain an American cultural oddity

    A sign left on a fence near the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed last month
  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    US gun violence
    Biden urges Congress to ‘meet the moment’ on gun control

    US president’s appeal for action comes after numerous mass shootings raise issue on lawmakers’ agenda

    US president Joe Biden speaks in a primetime address about gun control on Thursday
  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Anjana Ahuja
    America’s shootings are a public health emergency

    Scientists and doctors have mobilised against powerful vested interests such as Big Tobacco before — and must do so again

    The atomic symbol made up of the overlapping eliptical trajectories of three whizzing bullets
  • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
    US gun violence
    Biden visits site of Texas shooting as DoJ probes police response

    Lawmakers downplay prospect of gun reform after killing of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde

    President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden talk with principal Mandy Gutierrez and superintendent Hal Harrell as they visit Robb Elementary School to pay their respects on Sunday to the victims of the mass shooting
  • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Fatalism over guns is killing America’s children

    Joe Biden needs to turn controls on firearms into a national crusade

    Parents kneel in front of a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School
  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Politics class: NRA to press on with Houston conference despite Texas school shooting

    Pressure groups

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    News in-depthNational Rifle Association
    NRA puts its political power on show in Texas after school shooting

    Despite internal problems, the group continues to exert a tight grip on the US’s gun control debate

    Former president Donald Trump speaks to the National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston, Texas
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