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World’s oldest democracy or Guntantra? India should probe why mass shootings are so common in the US
Reshmi_dasgupta •People in the US have become so inured to mass shootings that after a couple of headline news and trending of social media, it's back to Trump or Biden bashing or celebrity news
Joe Biden wants to ban assault weapons again in America: The 1994 ban on these firearms and why it expired
Fp Explainers •President Biden has urged US Congress to pass a law to ban assault weapons in the country following the recent mass shootings in California, killing 18 people. His appeal for a ban is similar to the one that was passed 28 years ago, in 1994, but lapsed 10 years later
When will enough be enough? Pall of gloom over California after another mass shooting
Fp Staff •People in California and around the US are mourning after 10 people were shot dead at a Monterey Park dance ballroom as they celebrated Lunar New Year
Florida: 8 year old boy shoots baby dead while playing with father's 'illegal' gun
•The father, 45-year-old Roderick Randall, was arrested and charged with culpable negligence, unlawful possession of a firearm and concealment of evidence, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said
US Senate passes historic gun violence bill, House passage is next
•Senate action came one month after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde. Just days before, a White man was accused of being motivated by racism as he killed 10 Black grocery shoppers in Buffalo
Two-year-old accidentally shoots and kills father in Florida after parents leave loaded gun unattended
•When police officers, alerted by a 911 call, arrived at the victim's home near Orlando on 26 May, they found the child's mother Marie Ayala providing CPR to her husband, Reggie Mabry
How much more carnage are we willing to accept, says Joe Biden; appeals for stringent gun laws in US
•Joe Biden repeated calls to restore a ban on the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. He said Congress must at least find compromises like keeping firearms from those with mental health issues or raising the age to buy weapons
Watch: US teenager Coco Gauff in 'peace, end gun violence' message at French Open
•Before penning her plea for gun control in the United States, Coco Gauff insisted she will treat victory or defeat in French Open final with equal level-headedness.
Two campus police officers, student killed in two shootings at US schools
•President Joe Biden, who has called on Congress to enact tougher gun control laws, tweeted calling gun violence against law enforcement officers 'sickening' and that it must end
Michigan school shooting: Parents of teen accused of killing four students charged with manslaughter
•A prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges saying that the parents failed to intervene on the day of the tragedy despite being confronted with a drawing and chilling message — “blood everywhere” — that was found at the boy’s desk