Firearms have become the leading cause of death among young Americans, surpassing traffic, according to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Public Health, which records a large increase in homicides with their use, such as the massacre at a Texas school on Tuesday. , when the lives of 19 students were lost. In […]
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US: Republicans block debate in Senate on massive gun attacks
Republicans in the Senate on Thursday blocked a debate on a bill that was Congress’ first attempt to counter mass gun attacks following the killing of ten African-Americans by a white supremacist in New York and New York. the execution of 19 students and two teachers from an armed attack on a school in Texas. […]
US: For conservative politicians in Texas, the solution to school carnage is to give guns to teachers
In the immediate aftermath of the Texas elementary school massacre, conservative state politicians reacted by once again calling for teachers and school staff to take up arms to protect students from similar incidents, a proposal strongly opposed by teachers, researchers and activists. of arms control. “We can provide weapons and prepare and train teachers and […]
US: Broad support, but little hope for stricter gun legislation
The vast majority of Americans are in favor of tougher gun legislation, but have little hope that members of Congress will take action despite a series of recent massacres, according to a poll conducted by the Ipsos Institute on behalf of the agency. and aired yesterday Wednesday. The poll of a representative sample of 940 […]
What about gun ownership in the US?
Another city is added to the long list of those stigmatized by incidents that transcend human reason and once again raise the huge problem of gun ownership and its powerful lobby in the United States. In two days, the school year would end at Unwalde, Texas, a 16,000-year-old elementary school when an 18-year-old man stormed […]
US: ‘Historic’ 35% increase in firearm homicides by 2020
Gun deaths in the United States have risen “dramatically” in 2020, most likely linked to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and poverty, according to a health report released today. With 19,350 homicides (an increase of + 35% compared to 2019) and 24,245 suicides (+ 1.5%), these deaths “constitute a persistent and significant public health […]
Rittenhaus trial brings to the fore the US split over gun ownership
18-year-old Kyle Ritenhaus, who was acquitted of killing two people during anti-racism protests in 2020 in the US, justified his actions by saying that legal defense “is not illegal”, in an interview with Fox News, his favorite Trump and the Conservatives, where he appears relieved after the verdict that has divided the United States. “The […]