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Met chief says anxiety led firearms police to refuse to carry weapons

Force says some of the officers have started to return to duties but others are still refusing to carry firearms

The Guardian - UK

Trump visited gun store that sold weapon to racist mass shooter in Jacksonville

Donald Trump boasted of buying a weapon from Palmetto State Armory before backtracking less than one month after deadly shooting

The Independent UK

Firearms coverage in London ‘still significantly less than normal’ – Met chief

The military was put on standby to help with counter-terrorism functions and neighbouring forces provided cover.

The Independent UK

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Man blames his wife after loaded gun found in bag at airport security

‘The .22 caliber pistol was loaded with five bullets and was packed in the man’s carry-on bag,’ the TSA press release stated

The Independent UK

‘Significantly less’ firearms officers on duty after walk out, Met Chief says

Sir Mark Rowley told a policing board that depleted numbers of firearms officers would ‘create some difficult choices’

The Independent UK

Off-duty Texas police officer shoots Black neighbor through closed door

There have been several recent incidents in the US in which people have been shot after approaching the wrong residence

The Guardian - US

Scotland Yard faces ‘difficult decisions’ amid shortfall of firearms officers, admits Met chief

Met Commissioner says there are still ‘significantly less’ armed officers available for deployment in the capital after some decided to withdraw from firearms duties

Evening Standard

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Man blames wife after ‘troubling’ discovery at airport security

Passenger could face a $15,000 fine

The Independent UK

Lebanese security forces detain man suspected of shooting outside US embassy

Lebanese police say security forces have detained a man suspected of being behind last week's shooting outside the U.S. embassy near Beirut

The Independent UK

Attacks on police officers are rising. The lawlessness must end.

Some will say, “That’s part of the job,” but that is untrue. Politicians, the court system, and prosecutors must stop making it impossible for law enforcement to carry out their sworn duty, a retired police chief writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene back controversial pistol braces as they tour gun shop: ‘I have one’

Biden administration regulation requires gun owners to pay fee or remove pistol braces

The Independent UK

Scotland Yard hopeful that rebellion by firearms officers is subsiding

More officers return to carrying weapons after promises of a review to examine greater protections

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of London police refuse to carry guns after officer charged with murder

Hundreds of London police officers began refusing to patrol with firearms on Sunday after an officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Black man. The unusual shooting – and subsequent charge – are exacerbating a public crisis of confidence in London’s police force.

France 24

3 teenagers were fatally shot in South Carolina, and a schoolmate has been arrested

Authorities say two people killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth in South Carolina's capital city in an escalation of an old quibble over a burglary

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Years of discontent have erupted with Met police firearms protest

When it comes to investigating police shootings, what all sides agree on is it takes too long

The Independent UK

Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 has agreed to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims

The Independent UK

Mother of Idaho murders victim begs people not to forget slain students

‘These were four of the greatest kids,’ said Stacy Chapin

The Independent UK

Book Review: 'American Gun' is a haunting look at the AR-15's role in our violent era

Wall Street Journal reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson trace how gun violence has transformed the country in “American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15.”

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The National (Scotland)

Home Secretary 'may have committed contempt of court' with 'ill-advised' tweet

HOME Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of potentially prejudicing a live murder trial with an “incredibly ill-advised” social media…

The Independent UK

Firearms officers accused of staging ‘industrial protest’ as dozens down tools

A number of Metropolitan Police officers stepped away from armed duties after one of their colleagues was charged with murder last week.

The Independent UK

A former UK nurse will be retried on a charge that she tried to murder a baby girl at a hospital

A former neonatal nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a U.K. hospital will face a retrial on a charge of attempting to murder a newborn baby girl

The Independent UK

How often do armed police officers use their firearms?

In the year ending March 31, 2023, there were 18,398 firearms operations.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal gun violence prevention office is a step forward to end the bloodshed

Maybe, just maybe, a national effort with the power of President Biden and the White House behind it can bypass congressional inaction and finally end the bloodshed.

Evening Standard

Met police: Soldiers no longer needed to support force as ‘enough armed officers return to duties’

Armed officers have told their bosses they are unwilling to carry on after a colleague was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba

The Independent UK

Jury retires to consider verdict in nightclub murder trial

Edward Wilson is on trial accused of murdering 29-year-old Akeem Francis-Kerr at Valesha’s nightclub in Walsall.

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