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News Apr. 21, 2021, 3:22 AM

Marjorie Taylor Greene is holding another gun giveaway – despite there having been at least 156 mass shootings in the US since the start of the year

Greene is giving away a Honey Badger AR Pistol, which she claims is the "same type of gun the hate-America gun-grabbers in DC would love to ban."

News Mar. 25, 2021, 3:27 AM

Just days after a mass shooting at a Boulder supermarket, a man carried 6 guns and body armor into an Atlanta Publix

Police told local news outlets that the man has been arrested and sent for a psychiatric evaluation.

News Mar. 24, 2021, 4:24 PM

A Marine Corps F-35 was damaged by a round fired from the fighter’s own cannon that exploded

The F-35's 25 mm cannon can fire over 3,000 rounds a minute. The military is still investigating what went wrong with this one round.

News Feb. 21, 2021, 10:13 AM

At least 3 people are dead after a shooting broke out at a Louisiana gun range, police say

A shooting broke out after an argument at a gun range in Metairie, Louisiana. A man argued with an employee who told him his gun shouldn’t be loaded until he got inside the range. Three people are dead and two were taken to a local hospital in stable condition, police […]

News Feb. 6, 2021, 10:04 AM

Republican congressmen Louie Gohmert and Andrew Clyde fined $5,000 each for refusing to go through a new metal detector in the Capitol

Louie Gohmert and Andrew Clyde have been issued $US5,000 fines for refusing to pass through metal detectors outside the House chamber. The metal detectors were installed following the deadly Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. Some Republican members have pushed back against the security measures and one attempted to bring a […]

News Jul. 15, 2020, 6:23 AM

The St. Louis couple who aimed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters received dozens of offers to replace a firearm that the police seized, their attorney says

A lawyer representing Mark and Patricia McCloskey told Forbes on Sunday that the St. Louis couple had received more than 50 offers to replace a rifle that local authorities took under a search warrant. The McCloskeys were filmed last month pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters who were marching […]

Lifestyle Jun. 5, 2020, 4:58 AM

Handgun owners are far more likely to die by suicide than people who don’t own guns, study finds

A study of 26 million Californians found that owning a gun was linked to an increased suicide risk. During the course of the study, 17,894 died by suicide and 6,691 of those deaths were suicides by handgun. The risk of suicide was at least three times higher when a person […]

News May. 8, 2020, 2:11 AM

9 American Mormons died in a brutal ambush in Mexico. This is the untold story of the hunt for justice by those left behind.

I. On the morning of November 4, 2019, dozens of men armed with assault rifles positioned themselves for an ambush along a dirt path through Sonora, Mexico, 70 miles from the US border. Three SUVs arrived, two driving ahead, one lagging behind. Inside the vehicles were three mothers and 14 […]

News Sep. 15, 2019, 1:36 AM

Which gun control policies could prevent mass shootings, according to a gun violence expert

After nearly 300 mass shootings devastated communities across the United States in 2019, politicians, corporations, and people are speaking up about their desire for gun control. Here are the advantages and drawbacks of gun control policies on preventing a mass shooting, according to a gun violence expert. Visit Business Insider’s […]

News Aug. 8, 2019, 11:36 PM

Major retailers are facing backlash for selling guns. Here’s how 13 chains across America sell them.

A deadly shooting in an El Paso, Texas Walmart has ignited a conversation about where people get their guns. Despite two recent mass shooting attacks in its stores and rising pressure from activists, Walmart has not indicated a policy change regarding the guns that it sells. A few big-box retailers […]

News Aug. 8, 2019, 4:55 PM

Mother of the El Paso shooting suspect reportedly called police weeks before shooting concerned that her son owned an ‘AK’ type firearm

The mother of the accused El Paso shooter called Texas police weeks before the shooting after she was worried that her son owned an “AK” type firearm, CNN reported. Despite having flagged the issue to authorities, police did not act further on the matter as her son, 21, was of […]

News Aug. 23, 2018, 4:21 PM

Betsy DeVos is reportedly considering allowing states to use federal funding to arm school teachers

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is weighing whether to let states use federal funds to purchase guns for teachers, according to a New York Times report published on Wednesday. Current law prohibits the use of federal education money to buy firearms, but the US Department of Education could target an […]

News May. 23, 2018, 7:52 PM

A 4-year-old accidentally killed his little brother after mistaking a gun for a toy

Two-year-old Tyler Aponte died after his four-year-old brother accidentally shot him in the chest. The four-year-old, who was not named, had thought the gun was a toy. Police are trying to figure out how he managed to find the gun. A four-year-old in Virginia has fatally shot his baby brother […]

News Feb. 10, 2018, 8:07 AM

The Marines have their eyes on a new rifle, but the Army says it’s forging ahead with a totally new, next-generation weapon

The Army and Marine Corps have both been working on new small-arms programs for years. The Marine Corps will distribute the M27 more widely, but the Army says it’s moving ahead with plans for a new rifle. The Army is also bringing its modernisation programs under one roof to streamline […]