Gun sales have soared in recent months, coinciding with the beginning of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests that began in June.
A woman places a pinwheel in front of a mural dedicated to slain RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, a victim of a shooting rampage carried out by a man with unlicensed weapons, in Cole Harbour, N.S., on April 24, 2020.
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Far from just committing ‘paper crimes,’ the mass shooting in Nova Scotia shows the deadly threats posed by unlicensed gun owners.
People maintain physical distancing as they attend a makeshift memorial dedicated to Const. Heidi Stevenson at RCMP headquarters in Dartmouth, N.S. She was one of the victims of the worst mass shooting in Canadian history.
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Did the COVID-19 pandemic have an impact on the mass shooting in Nova Scotia?
Handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. Handguns account for most of the guns being purchased by first-time gun buyers in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amid the angst over a surge in gun sales in both the United States and Canada during the pandemic, few have noted the three key differences between the two countries.
Workplace-related suicide can have several different motivations. The recent shooting at a Molson Coors plant in Milwaukee may have been fuelled by racism against the perpetrator.
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People who take their own lives as a career response have different motives at different stages of their careers. This could help us understand the recent Molson Coors shooting in Milwaukee.
Many employees with mental illnesses don’t get the help they need for fear of discrimination.
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The Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Sandy Hook lawsuit may lead to a flood of litigation, which ultimately may compel the gun industry to change the way it designs, markets and sells firearms.
A Colt AR-15 from 1973.
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The gunmaker’s move to stop selling AR-15s to civilians is not a response to concerns about gun control. Instead it’s a reflection of how prevalent the AR-15 and comparable weapons are in the US.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas students gather in the Florida state Capitol in Tallahassee Feb. 21, 2018 to confront legislators about stricter gun laws.
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A new study looks at whether deaths by suicide could be lowered with mental health care. To a small degree, yes. But a look at the costs suggests there may be better ways to prevent shooting deaths.
The Liberals have made a major election promise: If re-elected, they'lll ban military-style assault rifles in Canada.
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More than 40 percent of U.S. adults have a gun in their household, making it hard to get guns off the streets – even if new gun restrictions are passed.
Australia’s national policy response to HIV/AIDS has been lauded as one of the best in the world.
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Successful policy accomplishments are rarely considered newsworthy, but there are plenty of cases where government policy has improved our lives for the better.
Hanson stood by her chief of staff James Ashby and Queensland senate candidate Steve Dickson.
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With this week’s revelations about the extraordinary visit to the US gun lobby by One Nation’s James Ashby, and Steve Dickson, Morrison’s shilly-shallying became untenable.
A detective holds a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same type of gun used in the Sandy Hook School shooting.
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The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims could sue a gun maker, a decision that could open the floodgates to more lawsuits.
Yolanda Renee King, the grandchild of Martin Luther King Jr., alongside Jaclyn Corin, a Parkland survivor and activist.
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These youngsters have ample fervor, and they are dramatically photogenic. Dismissing them as being fake or lightweight can spell trouble for members of the establishment.
The “March for Our Lives” rally in support of gun control on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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Despite impassioned pleas for gun control legislation after 2018’s mass shooting at a Florida high school, Congress has failed to pass meaningful reform. Why doesn’t policy follow public opinion?
School shooters tend to have a death wish, new research shows.
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School shooters typically show warning signs long before they become killers, but educators are sometimes ill-equipped to act on what they see, two researchers who are analyzing mass shooters say.