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Sandy Hook pupils return to classes

Children from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut returned to lessons today for the first time since 20 pupils and six staff were shot dead last month by Adam Lanza.
News • 04 Jan 13

US gun purchasers set new record in December

The number of FBI background checks required for Americans buying guns set a record in December.
News • 03 Jan 13

US gun lobby calls for armed guards in schools

The powerful US gun rights lobby has gone on the offensive arguing that schools should have armed guards, on a day that Americans remembered the victims of the Connecticut school massacre with a moment of silence.
News • 21 Dec 12

Obama to 'actively support' assault weapon ban

US President Barack Obama has directed a Cabinet group to give him recommendations by next month on ways to tighten the regulation of guns in the wake of the Connecticut massacre of 20 schoolchildren last Friday.
News • 19 Dec 12

Rifle firm loses investor after school massacre

New York-based private equity fund Cerberus is to sell its stake in the company which made the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
News • 18 Dec 12

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