For trigger-happy Americans cash is king
American mass shooters in 40 states can legally buy a semiautomatic assault rifle or high-capacity magazine over the counter.
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Obama, American guns and Mexican mayhem
We’ll never know what difference US participation in an arms trafficking treaty might have made thanks to the gun lobbies, argues Bernd Debusmann.
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Boy, 11, accused of shooting father’s pregnant girlfriend
An 11-year-old boy allegedly shot his father’s pregnant fiancee in the back of the head at close range as she lay in bed in Pennsylvania.
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Three-year-old boy killed in Westdene shooting
A three-year-old boy has been accidentally shot dead at a recreational centre in Westdene, Johannesburg police said on Tuesday.
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‘Finns will resist gun ownership clampdown’
According to the official statistics, 45 people in Finland were killed by knives in 2006 and 10 by guns.
