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Saturday 21 September 2013
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A man on a rifle range: 'More Americans lost their lives from firearms in the past 45 years than in all wars involving the US.' Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Henry Porter: The death toll from firearms in the US suggests that the country is gripped by civil war
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Thursday 19 September 2013
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Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz said the company's 'open-carry' policy had been hijacked on both sides of the gun control debate. Photograph: Alfred Cheng Jin/Reuters
Rachel Alexander: Tuesday's letter from the Starbucks CEO asking gun owners to leave their guns at home is political and horribly misguided
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Wednesday 18 September 2013
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Washington navy yard, after Monday's shootings. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Ana Marie Cox: To talk gun control just after a trauma like the navy yard shooting would be 'politicising'. No, we need to debate it every day
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Tuesday 17 September 2013
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Washington navy yard shooting. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Matt Kennard: The story of Aaron Alexis is still obscure. But effects of an over-taxed US military are painfully visible among 2 million veterans
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Jonathan Freedland: First thoughts: The spate of shootings in the US and the lack of political will to tackle gun control shows the country as a basket case, not a model state Continue reading...
A candlelit vigil against gun violence, held in Washington's Freedom Plaza following the shooting at the naval yard that left 13 people dead. Photograph: Greg Kahn/Getty Images
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Wednesday 11 September 2013
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A sign and a US national flag are seen near Sandy Hook elementary school. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters
Monte Frank: After Sandy Hook, there is a public consensus on gun safety measures like background checks. Congress, get some courage
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly are appealing a federal judge's ruling against stop-and-frisk. Photograph: Mehdi Taamallah/AFP/Getty
John Eterno and Eli Silverman: The mayor and NYPD chief Ray Kelly claim that without the discredited tactic, New York will be overrun by crime. Baloney
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Tuesday 10 September 2013
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A bus bearing some of the names of over 6,000 people killed by gun violence in the sixth months since the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Ana Marie Cox: Dear NRA, are you really going to tell me that 'guns don't kill children; children kill children'?
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Sunday 25 August 2013
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Editorial: The women in Atlanta and Woolwich who, with mere words, defused the threat of violence and death have much to teach us Continue reading...
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A memorial to victims of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. A school in Decatur, Georgia, faced the prospect of a similar tragedy. Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP
Gary Younge: The way she talked down a gunman at her school, armed only with her faith, shows we needn't assume the worst in others
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Friday 23 August 2013
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An American family compare handguns at a National Rifle Association meeting in March. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Ashley Lauren Samsa: Our first reaction shouldn't be to meet violence with violence. This week a Georgia school clerk showed there is another way
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Wednesday 14 August 2013
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Lt Gen Robert Cone giving a news conference after the 2009 mass shooting in Fort Hood, Texas. Photograph: Rodolfo Gonzalez/AP
Morris Davis: The US court martial will deal effectively with Major Nidal Hasan. Charging him with terrorism just panders to partisan politicking
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Saturday 20 July 2013
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'The disregard of the idea that all US citizens have an equal right to freedom and protection could not be made more painfully obvious' … protests against George Zimmerman's acquittal in Los Angeles. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
Deborah Orr: The jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman say they acted in strict accordance with US law. That in itself speaks volumes
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Friday 19 July 2013
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak about race in the context of the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, at the White House, 19 July 2013. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Barack Obama: In the wake of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, we should ask: am I wringing as much bias out of myself as I can?
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George Zimmerman listens as the jury returns a verdict of not guilty in the Trayvon Martin case. Photograph: Pool/REUTERS
Patricia Williams: In 'post-racial' America unquestioned habits of thinking led directly to George Zimmerman's exoneration
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