Category Archives: Gun crime

Sandy Hook: Connecticut rules gunmaker can be sued over shooting

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High court justices issued 4-3 ruling over how Remington marketed the Bushmaster military-style rifle used in the shooting

The Connecticut supreme court has dealt a blow to gun manufacturers by ruling that victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting could go to trial against Remington Arms, on the grounds that the gun company irresponsibly marketed the gun used in the shooting to high-risk individuals.

“The families are grateful that our state’s supreme court has rejected the gun industry’s bid for complete immunity, not only from the consequences of their reckless conduct but also from the truth-seeking discovery process,” Josh Koskoff, one of the lawyers representing the Sandy Hook families, said.

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Gunman in Illinois warehouse kills five people – video

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A man opened fire on Friday in a warehouse in Aurora, Illinois, an hour's drive west of Chicago. The shooter, identified as 45-year-old Gary Martin, was an employee at the industrial complex in Aurora. He also wounded five police officers before he was shot dead. 


• Aurora shooting: sacked employee kills five in Illinois warehouse

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Aurora shooting: sacked employee kills five in Illinois warehouse

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  • Five officers were also wounded, police chief Ziman said
  • The shooter was shot and killed at the scene

A gunman opened fire at an Illinois manufacturing warehouse had just been fired from his job when he killed five fellow workers,authorities said.

Aurora police chief Kristen Ziman said the assailant, identified as 45-year-old Gary Martin, had worked at the Henry Pratt Company for 15 years before the violence unfolded at the firm’s sprawling warehouse in Aurora, west of Chicago.

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Pelosi slams Trump’s national emergency over border wall – video

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Responding to Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency to fund his border wall with Mexico, House speaker Nancy Pelosi says he is setting a precedent that should be met with 'great unease and dismay' and the Democrats are considering making a legal challenge. 'You want to talk about a national emergency? Let’s talk about today,' Pelosi adds, noting that it is the first anniversary of the massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, in which 17 people died


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Parkland one year on: what victories have gun control advocates seen?

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From the March for Our Lives to a background check bill, activists have seen success in preventative measures since the shooting

A year after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on 14 February 2018 sparked a national youth protest movement, gun violence remains an American crisis.

Nearly 1,200 American children and teenagers have been killed with guns in the past 12 months, a number that does not take into account an additional 900 to 1,000 youth gun suicides.

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Four-year-old shoots mother in face after finding gun under mattress

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  • Pregnant woman, 27, has ‘life-threatening’ injuries
  • New Washington state law governs unsafe gun storage

Authorities said a pregnant Washington state woman was shot in the face on Saturday by her four-year-old son, after the boy found a loaded and unsecured gun under a mattress.

The King county sheriff’s office said the 27-year-old woman, who is eight months pregnant, was taken to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

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Strasbourg market attack: three charged with supplying gun

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Family group indicted over 8mm pistol used by Cherif Chekatt in Christmas attack that killed five people and wounded 11

Three men have reportedly been charged with supplying the weapon used by Cherif Chekatt in the Christmas market attack that killed five people and wounded 11 in the French city of Strasbourg.

The three suspects, from the same family and aged 32, 34 and 78, were indicted and placed in custody by an examining magistrate in Paris for “possession and transfer of a category B weapon in relation to a criminal terrorist enterprise” and for “conspiracy with terrorist criminals”, according to a judicial source.

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‘We are afraid’: Brazilian women alarmed at relaxation of gun laws

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Bolsonaro’s move allowing more people to own firearms is causing unease in a society where domestic violence is rife

A pledge to make it easier for “good citizens” to buy guns for self-defence helped sweep Jair Bolsonaro to power. But there is alarm that the Brazilian president’s decree loosening firearms laws will make pervasive violence against women even worse – and more deadly.

“I believe this is a very negative measure that will lead more women to be threatened by violence,” said Maria da Penha, the women’s rights activist whose case changed Brazil’s domestic violence laws. “This decree should be reviewed.”

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Uber driver pleads guilty to killing six people between rides

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Jason Dalton admitted that he shot eight people at three locations in and around Kalamazoo in 2016

An Uber driver charged with killing six strangers in between picking up passengers pleaded guilty to murder in Michigan on Monday, just before attorneys were set to interview jurors for his trial.

Jason Dalton’s surprise move came more than three years after the shootings, which occurred over the course of a few hours in and around Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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California shooting: three people killed at bowling alley in Torrance

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  • Four injured as witnesses describe ‘huge fight’
  • Resident: ‘As we were running, we heard 15 shots’

A fight at a bowling alley in California turned deadly on Friday night, police said. Three men were killed and four injured.

Shortly before midnight, police in Torrance, a coastal city about 20 miles from Los Angeles, responded to calls of “shots fired” at the Gable House Bowl. Multiple victims were found with gunshot wounds inside the building, which is described on its website as a gaming venue that offers bowling, laser tag and a full arcade.

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