Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email A man has been arrested in Florida after a three-year-old child he was supposed to be taking care of shot herself with his unattended gun while he allegedly watched an NFL football game. The Miami-Dade Police …
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Related video: Biden, Trump expected to visit striking UAW members this week Donald Trump said he wanted to buy a Glock pistol while on a tour of a gun shop in South Carolina with Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. To buy a gun, the former president would have to answer questions on a form, including if he’s under indictment. Mr …
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Richard Madeley recalled “having a gun pulled on him” by police in the US during a discussion about armed officers. Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Monday 25 September, the presenter explained how he was pulled over while driving and had a firearm pointed at him. “I climbed out of the car and stood up, he immediately drew his gun …
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President Joe Biden has asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, which will seek to find ways around congressional inaction to stem rising violence. Harris, a former prosecutor and state attorney general, has years of experience on the issue and was the natural fit to lead the effort, White House officials said. …
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President Joe Biden will establish the first-ever federal office committed to gun violence prevention, the administration’s latest effort to combat a violent American epidemic as the rates of mass shootings eclipse the number of days in a year. The president has repeatedly stressed that he has tested the limits of his executive authority on gun reform, but a first-of-its-kind office …
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Against urgent calls for reform in the wake of daily mass shootings, Republican officials and the gun rights groups supporting them have instead steadily pushed for increasing Americans’ access to firearms. The number of states allowing Americans to carry concealed firearms without a permit – a top priority for gun groups – has increased dramatically in recent years, with more …
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Hunter Biden is expected to plead not guilty to three gun charges stemming from a firearm purchase in 2018, according to a letter from his attorney to the judge presiding over the case. A federal court filing on 18 September requests that the president’s son attend his first court appearance virtually following last week’s grand jury indictment. “Mr Biden also …
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Last year, armed far-right activists in tactical gear were accused of intimidating voters at ballot drop boxes in Arizona, an incident that magnified the threats facing voters and election workers in the volatile aftermath of 2020 elections. Law enforcement officials and civil rights groups have been sounding alarms about growing threats and potential for political violence, following a surge in …
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Federal prosecutors have indicted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden on three charges stemming from allegedly false statements in the purchase of a firearm following a special counsel investigation. The indictment – the first ever against a sitting president’s son – follows a failed plea agreement on tax and gun charges that collapsed in July under scrutiny from a federal …
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UNC put on lockdown for ‘armed and dangerous person’ Sign up to our free US news bulletin sent straight to your inbox each weekday morning Sign up to our free morning US email news bulletin The University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus was put on lockdown for the second time in two weeks after an armed person waved a …
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