Gun Control
latest news & developments
'We're prisoners in our own homes'
Westbury residents express deep frustration over relentless gang wars, unfulfilled government promises, and an escalating distrust of police during a Gun Free South Africa…
Westbury precarity: an urgent call for action amid rising gun deaths
Coloured community’s cries for help to end violence, poverty and unemployment continue to be ignored by the government, while the police minister sends in more guns
Simple interventions could cut violence against women
Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change
Florida lawmakers approve bill allowing teachers to be armed
Supporters of the bill say armed teachers could save lives in the event of a school shooting
Tough New Zealand gun laws easily pass first hurdle
Lawmakers voted 119-1 in favour of the bill, which bans military-style semi-automatic rifles
‘No credible sightings’ as police hunt Tennessee shooter
Police said there had been "no credible sightings" of a semi-nude gunman who fled after shooting four people dead
YouTube shooting shows how fake news spirals on social media
Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories
Gun economics in Trump’s America
Students in over 800 cities and towns are calling for tougher gun control laws in the United States, demanding an end to gun violence
Florida passes bill to restrict guns, arm some teachers
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
Trump backs improved background checks on gun buys
The president signalled his support for improving background gun checks amid mounting pressure for reform in the wake of the Florida school shooting
At least 17 dead in Florida school shooting
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
Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend back in US, FBI to question her
In recent developments, the girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter is being questioned by the FBI as a ‘person of interest’
Six things to know about mass shootings in America
In the wake of the tragedy in Las Vegas, a criminologist reviews recent research to dispel common misconceptions about mass shootings.
After Las Vegas massacre, Trump silent on gun control
President Trump has declared the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history as an "act of pure evil" but avoided addressing gun control
United States Senate stonewalls gun control bids in wake of shooting at Orlando LGBTI nightclub
The Orlando massacre, the worst mass shooting in modern American history, has seemingly done little to influence lawmakers to clamp down on guns.