The speed of policymaking in Canada, and its frequent deadlock in the U.S., may come down to the rules of their political systems.
Tag: Mass Shootings
Canada Plans to Ban Handgun Sales and Possession of Assault Weapons
“We have a responsibility to act to prevent more tragedies,” Prime Minister Trudeau said as he proposed tightening the country’s already stringent control of firearms.
A Shattered Town
Families and loved ones are leaning on each other to cope with the Texas school shooting.
Your Friday Briefing: Where Were the Police?
Questions emerge after the Texas school shooting.
America’s Gun Problem
More guns in the U.S. mean more deaths.
Other Countries Had Mass Shootings. Then They Changed Their Gun Laws.
Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway: All had a culture of gun ownership, and all tightened restrictions anyway. Their violence statistics now diverge sharply from those of the U.S.
Your Thursday Briefing: A Texas School Shooting
Plus Russia’s narrowed focus and diplomacy in Africa.
In the U.S., Backlash to Civil Rights Era Made Guns a Political Third Rail
Other countries changed course after massacres. But American political protection for guns is unique, and has become inseparable from conservative credentials.
19 Murdered Children
Gun violence has killed more children and destroyed another community.
Livestreams of Mass Shootings: From Buffalo to New Zealand
Dozens of recordings of a 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand, remain online, in a sobering reminder of the internet’s permanence.