Gun Laws

New Mexico enacts law to keep guns away from children

Criminal charges could be brought only if the minor later brandishes or displays the firearm in a threatening way, or uses it to kill or injure someone. The proposal would establish both misdemeanour and felony crimes, with penalties

US: 3-year-old girl shoots dead 4-year-old sister in Texas

Preliminary investigation showed that the two children were inside an apartment with five family members and friends and each of the two children's parents believed the other was watching the kids

Sandy Hook anniversary: Where does US stand on gun laws a decade later?

Twenty students and six educators died in the massacre at the Newtown, Connecticut, school which shocked the nation

Joe Biden signs first significant US gun control law in decades

The gun legislation includes enhanced background checks for younger buyers and federal cash for states introducing 'red flag' laws that allow courts to temporarily remove weapons from those considered a threat

New Zealand announces plan for second round of gun law reforms post-Christchurch mosque attack that killed 51

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said regulations around who could hold firearm licences would also be tightened. Police Minister Stuart Nash said the latest changes were needed to keep track of firearms in the community.

In wake of Christchurch mosque attacks, dozens of New Zealanders give up weapons as gun buyback scheme gets underway

New Zealanders handed in their firearms as a gun buyback scheme went into operation aimed at ridding the country of semi-automatic weapons in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Maryland shooting: 3 killed at Rite Aid distribution center, lone suspect in critical condition

Three people were killed Thursday morning in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in northeast Maryland, officials said. A law enforcement official with knowledge of the shooting stressed that the number of dead is based on preliminary information.

Retired English teacher finds errors in White House letter signed by Donald Trump, mails it back with corrections

A retired English teacher found many errors in a White House letter bearing president Donald Trump's signature and mailed it back after making corrections, a media report said.

Georgia shooting: One killed, another injured in incident outside Mount Zion High School in Clayton County

A 40-year-old woman was killed and at least two others were wounded in a shooting incident in United States' Clayton County in Georgia, police said.

Texas school shooting: Ten killed, two critically injured in Santa Fe incident; student assailant arrested

Ten people, mostly students, were killed when a teenage classmate armed with a shotgun and a revolver opened fire in a Texas high school Friday, the latest deadly school shooting to hit the United States.