US gun control
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FBI runs more background checks than ever after gun sales soar on Black FridayThe FBI processed 185,713 background checks for gun transactions, more than any day since the system launched nearly two decades ago, defying expectations
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Gun ownership is not a human rightBearing arms is something else: a privilege. And privileges are contingent on meeting reasonable standards of care and respect for others’ right to life
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Why gun rights advocates don't trust Clinton on the second amendmentHillary Clinton’s questioning of a US supreme court decision has given the NRA and Donald Trump fuel for their argument that she wants to ‘ban gun ownership’
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Colorado poll workers trained to respond to mass shootingPoll workers in state that has seen some of the US’s worst mass shootings given training on ‘active shooter’ situation, and other areas of country may follow
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'Toddlers Kill': video speaks to absurdity of gun debate as it highlights a real issueA satirical take by the Brady Campaign titled Guns Don’t Kill People, Toddlers Do also aims to highlight a genuine issue of accidental shootings involving minors
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'It represents my liberty': America and the gun, then and nowTwo decades ago, photographer Zed Nelson travelled across America for his acclaimed project, Gun Nation. This year, he went back: what’s changed?Watch Zed Nelson’s 30-minute Guardian documentary
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America's war: the killing of Jaiden Dixon and Tyler DunnOn Saturday 23 November 2013, 10 children died after being shot. It was just another day in America. In an exclusive extract from his new book, Gary Younge chronicles two short lives
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Kids killed by guns: America's daily nightmare – videoOn an average day in America, seven children and teenagers will be shot dead. Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost on one random day - 23 November 2013
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'I had to pull over and take half a Xanax': the toll of documenting US gun violence