Richard Wolffe had a perfect response to the author of "More Guns, Less Crime" when he suggested just that. Three of the five worst mass shootings in US history have taken place in the last 17 months.

After every mass shooting, there’s a new ritual: sharing an old Twitter post from a British columnist that says: “In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the U.S. gun control debate. Once America ...

The Supreme Court took up another blockbuster issue today as it considered the scope of the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. The court seemed ready to expand Second Amendment rights after ...

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Last month, US President Joe Biden signed a landmark gun-control bill into law. While the legislation, which was passed with bipartisan support, has many limits, it was a step in America's efforts to ...

The incident at a German cinema yesterday in which dozens of people were held hostage at gunpoint is a reminder that no country is immune to gun violence. Germany has some of the strictest gun ...

The Northern Territory Firearms Council is against limiting the number of weapons a person can own, as New South Wales ...

"Condom snorting" - a dangerous activity that involves stuffing a condom up your nose until it comes out of your mouth - has been the subject of a number of recent viral news reports. It's a years-old ...