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Simple interventions could cut violence against women

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Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change
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Florida lawmakers approve bill allowing teachers to be armed

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Supporters of the bill say armed teachers could save lives in the event of a school shooting
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Tough New Zealand gun laws easily pass first hurdle

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Lawmakers voted 119-1 in favour of the bill, which bans military-style semi-automatic rifles
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‘No credible sightings’ as police hunt Tennessee shooter

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Police said there had been "no credible sightings" of a semi-nude gunman who fled after shooting four people dead
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YouTube shooting shows how fake news spirals on social media

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Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories
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Gun economics in Trump’s America

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Students in over 800 cities and towns are calling for tougher gun control laws in the United States, demanding an end to gun violence
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Florida passes bill to restrict guns, arm some teachers

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America's long moribund gun control debate was revived by survivors of the Parkland shooting and now the minimum age to buy firearms in Florida is 21
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Trump backs improved background checks on gun buys

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The president signalled his support for improving background gun checks amid mounting pressure for reform in the wake of the Florida school shooting
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At least 17 dead in Florida school shooting

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Authorities warned late on Wednesday that the death toll could rise as some of the more than 14 people who were wounded were in critical condition
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Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend back in US, FBI to question her

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In recent developments, the girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter is being questioned by the FBI as a 'person of interest'
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Six things to know about mass shootings in America

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In the wake of the tragedy in Las Vegas, a criminologist reviews recent research to dispel common misconceptions about mass shootings.
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After Las Vegas massacre, Trump silent on gun control

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President Trump has declared the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history as an "act of pure evil" but avoided addressing gun control
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United States Senate stonewalls gun control bids in wake of shooting at Orlando LGBTI nightclub

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The Orlando massacre, the worst mass shooting in modern American history, has seemingly done little to influence lawmakers to clamp down on guns.
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It’s hard to sell gun control to Bible-bashers

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Pro-life views and advocacy for gun control are natural moral bedfellows, says new film Armor of Light.
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Weapons make police – and people – more aggressive

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Simply seeing a weapon - whether a sword, rifle, hand grenade, dagger, tank or gun - makes people more aggressive.
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