Gun crime

Nashville shooting: what it reveals about Americans’ love of military-style guns
Assault firearms with ‘phenomenal lethality’ have flooded the US market, with firms making more than $1bn profit in the last decade
Ed Pilkington
29, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM

Nashville school shooter’s identity may make them an exceptionally rare perpetrator
According to all recorded data, the US epidemic of mass shootings are committed overwhelmingly by cis males
Ed Pilkington
28, Mar, 2023 @4:36 PM

Miami Beach mulls breaking up with spring break after violent mayhem
City leaders rethink strategy after hundreds of arrests and two deaths during this year’s student vacation marred by mayhem
Richard Luscombe in Miami
26, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM

Fury in Germany as Hamburg shooting brings ‘lax’ gun laws into focus
Gunman was given a firearms permit despite several psychological red flags
Daniel Boffey in Hamburg
11, Mar, 2023 @1:38 PM

Lady Gaga sued by woman sentenced in connection to theft of singer’s dogs
Jennifer McBride, who returned the dogs after they were stolen, says star failed to honor a $500,000 ‘no questions asked’ reward
Gloria Oladipo
27, Feb, 2023 @7:41 PM

UK shooting lobby to fight demands to tighten shotgun ownership rules
Powerful pro-gun groups plan to lobby ministers as calls mount to raise ownership barriers after Plymouth killings
Steven Morris
24, Feb, 2023 @1:28 PM

Vanderbilt apologizes for using ChatGPT in email on Michigan shooting
Consoling email sent to students after a mass shooting at Michigan State University was written using an AI chatbot
Sam Levine in New York
22, Feb, 2023 @1:58 PM

Los Angeles Jewish community shaken after two alleged antisemitic shootings
Suspect Jamie Tran was arrested in nearby Riverside county after two men were wounded in separate shootings last week
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles and agencies
21, Feb, 2023 @8:37 PM

Plymouth shooter’s sister and brother criticise failure to toughen gun laws
Government under pressure to reform licensing system, with one MP describing it as ‘a thicket’
Steven Morris
21, Feb, 2023 @5:25 PM

Housekeeper’s husband arrested over murder of Irish bishop in Los Angeles
Tributes have been paid to David O’Connell, who was shot on Saturday
Coral Murphy Marcos and Rory Carroll
21, Feb, 2023 @7:13 AM

Calls for radical reform of gun laws after Plymouth shooting
‘Catastrophic’ failings that allowed gunman to kill five people increase pressure to overhaul 1968 legislation
Steven Morris
20, Feb, 2023 @7:14 PM

Plymouth shooting: victims’ families hit out at ‘police failings’ after unlawful killing verdict
Relatives at inquest say Jake Davison should not have been granted gun licence with known history of violence
Steven Morris
20, Feb, 2023 @3:30 PM
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