US Guns

• Biden creates 1st-ever U.S. gun violence prevention office to combat ‘epidemic’

  The White House said Vice-President Kamala Harris will oversee the new office that will coordinate federal efforts and help states struggling with increasing gun violence.

  U.S. News

  Sep 21, 2023
  
• Three injured in mall shooting in South Florida, police say

  Aventura Police said two groups of people had begun fighting in the mall later had several suspects in custody who were being questioned by detectives.

  World

  May 8, 2021
  
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• NRA leader hid on borrowed yacht after U.S. mass shootings

  ``I was basically under presidential threat without presidential security in terms of the number of threats I was getting,'' LaPierre said.

  World

  Apr 6, 2021
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• Several U.S. states mull allowing concealed carry of guns without a permit

  Fifteen states already allow concealed carry without a permit, and lawmakers in nine others have proposed allowing or expanding the practice.

  World

  Jan 24, 2021
• Gun sales spike as COVID-19 outbreak, unrest surges in America: experts

  Background checks are at an all-time high, according to the FBI.

  Aug 2, 2020
• 7 injured after gunmen opened fire outside hookah lounge in Baltimore

  Two shooters opened fire on a crowd outside a hookah lounge in Baltimore early Sunday, wounding seven people, including at least three teenagers, police said.

  World

  Dec 23, 2019
• Tips to FBI about mass shootings increase 70% following El Paso, Dayton massacres

  The FBI fielded more than 38,000 phone and online tips during the week after the shootings on the first weekend of August, up from the 22,000 tips it typically receives on a weekly basis.

  World

  Aug 26, 2019