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Strict gun laws save 30 lives a month in two Colombian cities. Here’s what it can mean for South Africa

A recent spate of killings has reignited the conversation about firearm control. What does the evidence say about the kind of policies that work to prevent gun violence?

Limits to rights: A memorial for shooting victims outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. This is not the first — nor will it be the last — mass murder by young Americans. Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP

OPINION| Americans free to live under the gun. How’s that working out?

Another dreadful school massacre in the US raises the question: Will Americans ever get to grips with the ghastly phenomenon?

South African police prepare guns handed in during one of several amnesties for destruction

Gun control in South Africa: tightening the law, and more

Improving firearms control legislation is clearly one such needed intervention to prevent the further diversion of legal guns into the hands of criminals

“I think it’d be very hard to deal if they do violence, I mean, if it’s another Tiananmen Square,” United States President Donald Trump told reporters in New Jersey on Sunday. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg/Getty)

Trump faces hostility on visits to massacre sites

The US president did not receive warm welcomes from the areas of Ohio and Texas where shootings have taken place

The New Zealand Media Freedom Committee, which represents the country’s five largest news outlets, said the accused “may attempt to use the trial as a platform to amplify white supremacist and/or terrorist ideology”. (Mark Mitchell/Reuters)

Christchurch accused to face 50 murder charges

Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant will face 50 charges of murder and 39 charges of attempted murder

New Zealand has about 1.5-million privately owned firearms. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

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

One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson. (Reuters/Jonathan Barrett)

Hard-right Australian party sought NRA donations — report

Secret recordings showed members of the party seeking donations from the NRA apparently in return for trying to loosen Australia’s tight gun laws

Police vehicles block off the road near the home of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers’ home in Baldwin Baldwin borough, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, October 27 2018. (John Altdorfer/Reuters)

Synagogue shooter spoke of ‘genocide,’ police ID victims

Federal officials said 46-year-old Robert Bowers faces 29 separate federal charges, several of them carrying the death penalty

With the death of the Las Vegas shooter who killed 59 people and injured over 200 in the worst mass shooting in America

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.

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.

A move stating that pro-life views and advocacy for gun control are natural moral bedfellows is not convincing all right-wingers.

Why is America giving gun licences to blind people?

It might seem like asking for trouble, but Iowa is not the only US state to allow blind people to carry guns.

US district to arm teachers with weapons

When classes at Clarksville High resume, more than 20 teachers and other employees in the US school district will be carrying concealed weapons.

What I discovered when I got a gun

As the NRA celebrates its annual meeting, Alex Hannaford has been commissioned to write a story about US gun culture. So he went out and bought a gun.

Obama renews call on Congress to strengthen gun control laws

Barack Obama has urged Congress to pass measures aimed at reducing gun violence, but also reaffirmed his commitment to the right to bear arms.

Obama cracks down on US gun laws, New York enacts first changes

Just a day before Barack Obama was due to propose broad anti-gun violence measures, New York has enacted one of the US’s strictest gun control laws.

Piers Morgan.

Gun advocates want Piers Morgan out of USA

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the US over his gun control views.

NRA pushes for armed officers in all American schools

NRA pushes for armed officers in all American schools

The powerful National Rifle Association gun lobby has declared that guns and police officers are needed in all American schools.

Gun owners say govt treats them like criminals

Gun Owners of South Africa (Gosa) on Wednesday demanded that the firearm licence renewal process be suspended.

Teenager goes on bloody spree at German school

A teenager in black combat gear went on a bloody rampage at his former school in Germany on Wednesday, slaying at least 15 people.

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.