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Machine gun owner wins US court case
Published on 24/08/2024
» A US judge has dismissed charges against a Kansas man for possessing a machine gun, saying prosecutors failed to establish that a federal ban on owning such weapons is constitutional.
EU agrees on new firearms trade rules
Published on 14/03/2024
» BRUSSELS - The European Union has reached provisional agreement on new rules to make the legitimate trade in firearms more transparent in a bid to combat illegal trafficking and keep arms out of the hands of criminals.
Time for gun limits
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/02/2024
» Earlier this month, the Interior Ministry submitted a draft of an amnesty decree to the cabinet that would see individuals in possession of illegal firearms cleared of all charges if they turn in their weapons to authorities within 120 days of the decree taking effect.
US judge: Gun ban in post offices ‘unconstitutional’
Published on 13/01/2024
» A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a US law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark US Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights.
The year travellers came back
Life, Published on 21/12/2023
» Upon the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, Covid-19 became a seasonal virus and the world was full of hope again as borders reopened and travellers longed to indulge their wanderlust. This lit the torch for tourism to bounce back.
Police target gun menace
News, Published on 02/12/2023
» A week before Loy Krathong, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) arrested 14,909 suspects in 14,339 criminal cases in a pre-festival crackdown.
US Supreme Court weighs whether abusers can have guns
Published on 07/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is preparing to weigh the legality of a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns.
Murder cover-up?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/09/2023
» Re: "The gangsters in police uniform", & "Graft on display", (BP, Sept 17).
Why gun violence has become a major US export
News, Published on 15/08/2023
» It's hard to think of a greater perversion of this country's national interest or a more morally grotesque public policy than the murderous chain of corruption in Guatemala that is facilitated by the US Department of Commerce, detailed in a Bloomberg News report.
'Life-altering': the suffering of US gun violence survivors
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» YONKERS (UNITED STATES) - Ralph Norman's life was changed forever almost 13 years ago when a stray bullet left him paralyzed, launching him into a world of depression and fears of stigma as part of the ever-growing list of US victims of gun violence.