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Why New York's 'Assault Weapon' Ban Didn't Stop the Buffalo Massacre

The problem is not sneaky entrepreneurs who sell accessories; it's legislators who ban guns based on functionally unimportant features.

Reason · May 16, 2022

Buffalo shooter published plans on internet 40 hours before New York supermarket attack

Between publishing his manifesto on Google and carrying out Saturday’s attack, which left 10 people dead, Payton Gendron is accused of visiting the supermarket in Buffalo, New York, he would later target

Daily Mirror · May 16, 2022

UN ‘appalled’ by ‘vile racist’ mass shooting in Buffalo

Comments by UN chief Antonio Guterres came as vigils were held in the US for the 10 people killed.

Al Jazeera · May 16, 2022

Buffalo shooting: Sites yank videos faster, but not by much

Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly over the past few years

The Independent UK · May 15, 2022

Buffalo mass shooting: What we know so far

The gunman who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo is thought to have been motivated by racial hatred.

Al Jazeera · May 15, 2022

Buffalo shooting: Biden says racist killing of 10 people ‘abhorrent to fabric of nation’

Suspected gunman shot 11 Black and two white victims at a supermarket he broadcast on streaming platform Twitch before surrendering

The Guardian - US · May 15, 2022

Biden urges unity to stem racial hate after Buffalo shooting

President Joe Biden is citing the Buffalo shootings in calling for national unity as a remedy for “the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America."

The Independent UK · May 15, 2022

Buffalo shooting spurs Gov. Hochul to call for social media crackdown

NEW YORK — Citing the online manifesto attributed to the Buffalo shooter, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday urged social media companies to crack down on hate speech — calling the sites “instruments of evil.”

Tribune News Service · May 15, 2022

N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul responds to shooting in her hometown

Ayesha Rascoe talks with New York Governor Kathy Hochul about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three at a grocery store in Buffalo.

WEKU · May 15, 2022

The shooter in Buffalo, N.Y., appeared to have become radicalized online

An 18-year-old from Conklin, N.Y., drove hours to attack a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo. He is believed to have written a racist manifesto that was briefly posted online.

WEKU · May 15, 2022