The Latest Breaking News on Gun control

Waiting period is baked into gun ballot measure in Oregon

A waiting and vetting period would be built into gun purchases in Oregon if a measure on the November statewide ballot passes

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

HBO's essential Synagogue shooting doc

Four years after the deadliest attack on the U.S. Jewish community comes a film giving voice to its survivors

Salon · Oct 26, 2022

ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel

The civil rights group says the law is in conflict with a 40-year-old supreme court ruling that boycotts are protected speech

The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2022

Brother of Dunblane victim says horror of massacre gave him voice for gun control fight

Jack Crozier who was just two-years-old when Emma was murdered, wants to speak out now to help other countries who are fighting changes to their gun laws.

Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022

Mass shooting nightmare arrives in Raleigh, on the doorstep of a peaceful neighborhood

RALEIGH, N.C. — They were going to start looking to buy their own place early next year, somewhere on the outskirts of town, somewhere with a bigger and nicer yard. For three years, Tracey Howard and his wife had been renting in the Hedingham neighborhood in east Raleigh, but they…

Tribune News Service · Oct 15, 2022

POINT: Gun control should be a winning issue in November

Gun violence is a clear and present danger to the lives of Americans. Voters want to address it, and candidates need to follow.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Gung-ho for gun control

The recent massacre at a daycare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province that resulted in 36 people being killed by a former policeman before he took his own life, has again shone a spotlight on gun violence in society.

Bangkok Post · Oct 12, 2022

Thailand promises stricter gun, drugs control after nursery massacre

Thailand will require psychological evaluations for anyone trying to buy a gun and will launch a sweep for drug addicts, the prime minister said on Wednesday, under tighter rules in response to a massacre centred on a nursery.

Reuters · Oct 12, 2022

GOP’s Jacobs doubles down on controls for high-powered guns

Republican New York Rep. Chris Jacobs is not seeking reelection amid backlash over his support for an assault weapons ban

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Parents of slain Japanese teen prepare to pass gun control activism to next generation

Nearly 30 years have passed since the fatal shooting in the United States of 16-year-old Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 8, 2022