gun control

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 12 June

Six killed including one police officer in four-hour stand-off in kosher supermarket

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 15 November

Attack rate has increased to average of more than one every day this year

The Week Unwrapped looks at the Alpine nation where firearms ownership is high but mass shootings are low

Sixteen school children and a teacher were massacred by a lone gunman 23 years ago this week

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Lawyers for survivors of the massacre say decision to file claims is ‘utterly reprehensible’

Tennessee lawmaker saying pornography and video games ‘root causes’ behind school massacres

Santa Fe High School in Texas becomes scene of latest fatal school shooting

Pennsylvania teachers issued the batons as ‘last resort’ defence against school shooting

One month after Parkland shooting, teenagers demand action by Congress

Scottish community reaches out to Florida students on 22nd anniversary of UK’s last school shooting

Lawmakers in swing states are giving up decades of party orthodoxy on gun ownership

School shooting survivors in uproar as only two Republicans back ban plan

President appears to break from Republican Party line by opposing NRA

Oprah Winfrey matches George and Amal Clooney’s donation as Florida students push for action

National firearms surrender initiative follows 27% rise in gun crime in the UK last year

Missed data entry allowed Devin Kelley to purchase firearms despite court martial

Police say gunman shot himself following chase by local residents

11-year-old Ames Mayfield’s questions on gun control deemed ‘too political’, mother says

‘Strategic’ move comes after modification was used in deadly Las Vegas shooting

US statistics tell a contradictory tale – but the good news is that murders are falling

Newspaper investigation reveals worrying flaw in Apple's security system

Barack Obama dubbed 'best firearm salesman' in the US as fears over regulation spark buying frenzy

Emotional US President to target background check loopholes

At least 14 people were killed when a heavily armed couple stormed a disability centre in California