Guns
Major gun retailer Dick's will stop selling assault-style rifles
The national retailer, with over 600 stores, added itself to a growing list of companies withdrawing their support for guns or the NRA.
- by Julie Creswell
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Guns
'Outgunned' police need a rifle in every squad car, Brisbane cop says
Every Queensland Police officer should be trained in how to use the firearm to combat the threat of terrorists and armed criminals, a senior officer has argued.
- by Jorge Branco
Donald Trump
Trump stops short of full endorsement of gun proposals
US legislators insist that the fate of any changes lies in the President's hands but Trump has moved away from guns to focus on security breakdowns in Florida.
- by Mike DeBonis & Anne Gearan
Who is Emma Gonzalez, the US student fighting for gun control?
Just two weeks ago, Emma Gonzalez led the life of a typical US student.
- by Nicole Economos
Donald Trump
Ivanka Trump questions her father's gun proposal
The president's daughter and senior adviser said that she doesn't know whether arming teachers with concealed weapons would makes schools safer.
- by John Wagner
Queensland
Anti-tank gun among almost 900 weapons seized in Queensland in less than a month
Criminals are importing parts from overseas to make illegal weapons even more dangerous, Police Commissioner Ian Stewart has warned.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Malcolm Turnbull
Australia's newest US friend Brian Sandoval, the governor breaking the Republican mould
The Nevada governor is tipped by some as a potential presidential candidate for his appeal to middle America.
- by David Crowe
Guns
NRA pushes back against Trump proposals to tighten US gun laws
The NRA has categorically refused to back proposals to raise the age of gun ownership in America.
- by Pete Schroeder & Roberta Rampton
Social media
Conspiracy theories discrediting victims of attacks are not new to the US
Conspiracy theories have been amplified in the internet age, but they are a part of a long, troubled history of dismissing the voices of those seeking change.
- by Niraj Chokshi
USA
NRA lashes out at boycott after shooting
The National Rifle Association says companies that are severing ties with the gun rights group and its members are wrongly punishing them for a shooting at a Florida high school that claimed 17 lives.
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USA
When it comes to guns, the Parkland shooting survivors aren't here to play nice
"We should change the names of AR-15s to 'Marco Rubio' because they are so easy to buy," Chadwick wrote.
- by Matt Pearce