Gun control

Jewish org., security expert, slam Canberra's gun buyback as 'deflection' after Bondi Beach attack

Albanese's center-left government enacted laws for the buyback, tighter gun license checks, and a crackdown on hate in the wake of the attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration.

Local residents, both Jewish and non-jewish visit the inundated flower memorial next to Bondi Pavilion to pay their respects at Bondi Beach on December 16, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.
Awdah Hathaleen.

Israeli settler indicted for reckless homicide in killing of Awdah Hathaleen

Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir at a press conference, June 22 2026.

Beersheba residents now eligible for firearm licenses under expanded reform

Solomon Madmon.

'I killed a person': TLV court sentences Solomon Madmon to life for murder of family member


US toddler dies after finding unsecured gun and shooting self

A toddler in Michigan died after accessing an unsecured firearm and accidentally shooting themselves.

 A gun with bullets on table

Two people killed in Virginia high school graduation shooting

The deceased were men aged 18 and 36, Edwards said. He did not confirm a WWBT television news report that the victims were father and son.

Law enforcement officers investigate at the scene after a gunman opened fire in a park as high school graduates and their families emerged from a theater where commencement exercises had just concluded, in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. June 6, 2023

Mother of 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot teacher faces US gun charges

The federal firearms counts are in addition to state charges on which Taylor was already indicted in connection with the Jan. 6 shooting of her son's first-grade teacher

 Police vehicles are seen parked outside Richneck Elementary School, where according to the police, a six-year-old boy shot and wounded a teacher, in Newport News, Virginia, U.S., January 6, 2023,

Four dead, suspect arrested in rare shooting incident in Japan

The suspect is the son of the head of the Nakano city council, public broadcaster NHK reported.

A car carrying a man who committed a shooting and stabbing incident enters the Nakano Police Station in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on May 26, 2023. The man is unseen in this picture.

Texas mall shooting prompts Biden to renew call for gun control

The president renewed calls for Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as to enact universal background checks and end immunity for gun manufacturers.

US President Joe Biden speaks with members of his "Investing in America Cabinet" in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, US, May 5, 2023.

Ben-Gvir: Combat reservists, firefighters don't need interview for gun license

The new regulations would need to be brought before the Knesset National Security Committee for approval.

 NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir addresses the Knesset plenum last week. The minister is obligated to act to promote the best interests of the public, with no bias, say the writers.

Two teens charged with murder in Alabama birthday party shooting

The suspects - Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16 - both from Tuskegee, were arrested and charged with four counts of reckless murder

 A view of the crime scene a day after a shooting at a teenager's birthday party in a dance studio, in Dadeville, Alabama, U.S., April 16, 2023

Tennessee Democratic lawmakers expelled over gun-control protest hope to reclaim seats

Representatives Jones and Pearson hoped to be reappointed by their districts to serve in their seats until they could run again in special elections

Nashville, Tennessee

Gun injuries sending more Americans, especially kids, to emergency rooms -study

Researchers who study gun violence in American schools have long warned that the stresses and challenges of the pandemic are worsening the problem.

 People gather following a shooting at a high school, in St. Louis, United States, October 24, 2022.

Michigan House condemns state GOP tweet likening gun reform to Holocaust

The offending tweet used an image of wedding rings the Nazis seized from Jews at the Buchenwald concentration camp as a way of protesting gun reform legislation.

Members of the Michigan House of Representatives say the Pledge of Allegiance at the state Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, US, January 13, 2021.