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Plans for a 3D-printed gun removed from Internet

The US government's Department of Defense Trade Controls have demanded that 3D-printing innovators Defense Distributed remove a controversial blueprint for a printable gun from their website.

NRA releases new "School Shield" recommendations to public

The National Rifle Association released new recommendations as part of its controversial School Shield program on April 2nd, most notably including a suggestion to hire armed guards to serve in every public school.

Connecticut lawmakers vote in tough gun control measures

The state of Connecticut has enacted some of the toughest gun laws in the US as of April 1st, legislative leaders announced after coming to a consensus on the measures — a legislative breakthrough linked to the tragic Newtown shootings in December.

Massacre thwarted at Florida university campus

Police stop a massacre at the University of Central Florida.

Child dies, two women wounded after Minnesota gunman opens fire on motorists

A nine-year-old boy was killed and two women were wounded after a single shooter began firing a handgun in bursts at passing cars in Oakdale, Minnesota, a suburb of St Paul.

Changing the rhetoric from gun control to gun insurance

Could the NRA's own tactics be used against them?
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Jonathan Schwartz, a salesman at the National Armory gun store, helps Reese Magnant as he looks to buy a National Armory AR-15 Battle Entry Assault Rifle on January 16, 2013 in Pompano Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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NRA 'disappointed' over results of White House task force talks on gun laws

The National Rifle Association attended White House task force talks on gun laws Thursday — and they weren't impressed. In a statement released on the gun advocacy group's website, the NRA stated that it was "disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment."

America's 10 deadliest shootings

The US is devastated by yet another shooting. "We have been through this too many times," President Obama said.

Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes in court

"In the end, after he has felt the full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people who were impacted by this tragedy," President Barack Obama told Aurora last night.

Towards a global arms trade treaty

More than 2,000 people die from armed violence each day. A UN treaty aims to stop it.
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Chinese police prepare to destroy the various guns seized in recent raids in Beijing. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
More than 2,000 people die from armed violence each day. Sadly, this grim statistic is only the tip of the tragedy. A UN treaty aims to stop it.
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