Thursday, 23 December 2021 (YJC)_ As the number of gun owners keeps increasing in the US, here is everything you need to know about firearms in America.
TEHRAN, May 10 - A 16-year-old boy gunned down on a basketball court was the 100th homicide of 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the city struggles to maintain order, Mayor Catherine Pugh blames gun companies for the violence.
TEHRAN, March 25 - Hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered across the country on Saturday at March For Our Lives rallies to demand tighter gun laws, led by survivors of last month’s Florida school massacre which reignited public anger over mass shootings.
TEHRAN, March 14 - Americans' support for tighter restrictions on firearms is at its highest level in decades, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
TEHRAN, March 6 - States with strong firearm laws have overall lower rates of gun-related murder and suicide, according to the county-by-county analysis.
TEHRAN, February 24 - Mass shootings lead to stock gains for gun manufacturers, yet American voters are in favor of stricter gun laws. The contradiction of guns and Wall Street despite strong public opinion.
TEHRAN, February 24 -The fallout over last week’s shooting rampage at a Florida high school started to take its toll on the National Rifle Association’s roster of corporate partners on Friday as a half dozen companies severed marketing ties with the gun advocacy organization.
TEHRAN, February 24 -Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declined to offer U.S. President Donald Trump any advice on gun control days after the latest mass shooting at a U.S. school, despite Australia’s success in cutting gun violence.
TEHRAN, February 21 - Hundreds of protesters gathered before the White House calling for a change in gun control policies after a mass shooting in a Florida high school which killed 17 people.
TEHRAN, August 19 - One police officer was fatally shot and another seriously wounded by gunmen while checking suspicious people in Kissimmee, Florida.