Us gun restrictions
40 shot and four killed in a night of Chicago gun violence
Police said gunmen targeted a block party, a gathering after a funeral, and other gatherings on a night where thousands of people gathered for a downtown...
Photographed in the back of a police car, he looked dishevelled and was wearing a torn red shirt and dirty blue jeans. He had scratches on his shoulder.
The suspected shooter, identified as Travis Reinking, 29, fled on foot and was still at large as murder warrants were being issued for him, the Metropolitan Nashville Police said.
Police did not identify the suspect or say what might have motivated the shooting rampage at YouTube, a video-sharing service owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google.
The duration was a tribute to 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February.
Final passage of the bill by state lawmakers came three weeks to the day after a gunman opened fire at a Florida school, killing 14 students and 3 faculty members.
The package was spurred by the shooting rampage three weeks ago that killed 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
The so-called notice of intent to file a claim is required by Florida law before a lawsuit can be brought against government entities.
The minimum age for handguns nationally is already 21. But a person can be as young as 18 to buy a rifle in Florida, with no waiting period.
The two victims were found inside a residence hall at the university in Mount Pleasant, about 200 km northwest of Detroit, said Lieutenant Larry Klaus of the university’s police force.
Trump had last week said he wanted to raise the legal minimum age for buying an assault rifle to 21.
Deputy Scot Peterson was the only law enforcement officer present on 14 February when the rampage started, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said.
The US Constitution’s Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms.
On Tuesday the Republican-controlled Florida House of Representatives rebuffed a bid to bring up a bill to block sales of assault-style rifles in the state.
Nikolas Cruz, his head bowed, hands shackled at his waist and wearing a red, jail-issued jumpsuit, showed no emotion during the procedural session in Fort Lauderdale.
Authorities said Nikolas Cruz stopped at a Wal-Mart, a Subway restaurant and a McDonald’s immediately after carrying out the second-deadliest mass shooting at a public school in US history.
Guns are common in American households, with over a third possessing at least one gun.
Barack Obama says the new guidance is “not a plot to take away everyone’s guns.”
Obama should be on firm Second Amendment ground if he pushes for a widening application of law.