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Australia

Gun Control: Don’t let a little thing called facts get in the way

At the height of the gun control debate in the United States earlier this year, the middle-sized country of Australia was getting a lot more mentions than was normal. I happened to find myself in the middle of this peculiar si...
by Trudy McIntosh
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Politics

The American Irony: Guns for Protection Against Guns

As the United Nations voted through the long awaited Arms Trade Treaty in early April, the United States  is still unable to achieve small amendments to their gun bill. President Obama expressed his disappointment, calling A...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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North America

Guns Blazing: Joe Biden’s Demilitarisation of America’s Citizens

As the dust settled over Sandy Hook elementary school last December and the inhabitants of Newtown, Connecticut, dined to news of one of the worst child massacres in US history; a nation mourned once again over the wanton sacri...
by Benjamin Meggitt
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North America

Drugs, video games and mental health: what is and isn’t relevant to the gun control debate

The pro-gun lobby in the United States likes to say “guns don’t kill people; people kill people”.  This is true, but irrelevant: the point is that people who want to kill other people find it much easier to do so when th...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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