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File photo Billionaire Elon Musk today put up a cryptic gun emoji post on his social media platform X, shortly after President Joe Biden spoke on the rising gun violence in the US. “More children are killed in America by a gunshot than anywhere else,” Biden said in a rousing farewell speech at the Democratic…
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A vending machine selling bullets in the US. Amid increasing gun violence in the United States, some grocery stores around the country now have vending machines that are stocked with ammunition. A company has installed automated kiosks in grocery stores, allowing gun owners in three US states to purchase rounds from these devices, as per…
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The story so far: On June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal gun control law intended to protect victims of domestic violence, in a landmark 8-1 ruling. In United States vs Rahimi, the Court was tasked with deciding whether a statute prohibiting a person subject to domestic violence restraining orders is violative of…
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Provisional data indicates that over 48,000 US citizens died due to gun-related injuries in 2022. (File) Washington: In a new advisory released on Tuesday, US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy said that gun violence in the country is an urgent public health crisis that demands the “collective commitment of the nation” to put an end…
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U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Surgeon General on June 25 declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled with…
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Sweden has by far the highest per capita rate of gun violence in the EU. Gothenburg: The killer was only 14 and had lived in youth homes as a ward of the authorities since he was eight. A year ago, a gang helped the boy escape, put him up in a hotel, and gave him…
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