Tag: gun control

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Trump consoled victims in Ohio and Texas but also faced protestors demanding gun control

  

  President Donald Trump consoled victims of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas on Wednesday but faced protesters demanding gun control and denouncing what they say is his extremist rhetoric on race and immigration.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro argues that disarming people is not going to stop mass shootings

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro argued for his signature policy of relaxing gun control measures, saying they will not stop mass shootings such as those that left 31 dead in the US over the weekend. “Disarming people isn't going to keep that from happening,” Bolsonaro said.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  In a national message Trump rejects white supremacist ideology, but no word on gun control

  

  US President Donald Trump on Monday told a nation mourning the death of 31 people in two-weekend mass shootings that he rejected racism and white supremacist ideology, moving to blunt criticism that his anti-immigrant rhetoric fuels violence.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  The transnational investigation behind Argentina's largest seizure of weapons

  

  After months of joint investigations with the United States, Argentina last week made the largest weapons seizure in the country’s history. Details of the bust and transnational investigation are coming to light sparked by a couple of packages that caught the attention of customs officers in Miami last October.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro revokes a bill to loosen gun control laws

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday reversed a move to loosen gun control laws by presidential decree, in a strategic retreat after lawmakers pushed back on one of the far-right leader’s key campaign promises.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  New Zealand terrorist planned to continue rampage; PM Ardern pledges to change gun laws

  

  The main suspect in New Zealand's worst peacetime mass shooting intended to continue the rampage before he was caught by police, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday. She also vowed to change New Zealand gun laws.