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Jan 21, 2019

Alberta's Derek Fildebrandt wades into gun control debate with defiant Tweet

David J.Climenhaga

In response to federal Liberal discussions about a handgun ban, the former UCP MLA tweeted, "no matter what the feds do, they will never get their hands on mine."

Columnists

Jun 16, 2016

Twenty years after Port Arthur Massacre, Australia shows gun control works

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

The largest massacre in Australia's post-colonial history so shocked the nation that within 12 days, comprehensive gun-control law was brought in. There has not been another mass shooting since.

Columnists

Apr 5, 2013

Bringing gun control to a nation of guns

Amy Goodman

New federal gun-control legislation has been declared all but dead on arrival this week. Gridlock in the U.S. Senate is proving to be an insuperable barrier to any meaningful change.

Columnists

Dec 18, 2012

The growing power of the Canadian gun lobby

Linda McQuaig

The intense Canadian political focus on the federal gun registry may have ultimately been a distraction from an even bigger gun issue -- the ready availability of combat weapons in Canada.

Columnists

Aug 9, 2012

The politics of gun control in the U.S.

Amy Goodman

Another mass murder, another shooting spree, leaving bodies bullet-riddled by a legally obtained weapon. This time, it was Wisconsin, at a Sikh temple, as people gathered for their weekly worship.

Columnists

Aug 2, 2012

Obama administration blocks UN arms trade treaty

Amy Goodman

The UN has pledged to resume the effort to pass an arms trade treaty, despite the intransigence of the country that Martin Luther King Jr. called "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world."

Columnists

Jul 26, 2012

The need for better gun control laws in the U.S.

Amy Goodman

Perhaps, if sane laws on gun control, including the ban on high- capacity magazines, were in place, many in Aurora who are now dead or seriously injured would be alive and well today.

News

Feb 15, 2012

Bill C-19: Victims of gun violence and women's safety experts outraged by the expected outcome of today's vote

Coalition for Gun Control

Members of Parliament are expected to vote today to send Bill C-19 to the Senate, which, if passed, ends the long-gun registry and destroys all long-gun data collected since the registry's inception.

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Nov 17, 2011

Hill Dispatches: Quebec fights back on guns

Karl Nerenberg

Quebec Government wants the feds to give it the gun data that was collected in Quebec. And if the feds refuse? "We'll see," Quebec minister says.

Columnists

Jun 15, 2011

How the U.S. is fueling its own 'war on drugs'

Amy Goodman

The violent deaths of Brian Terry and Juan Francisco Sicilia have sparked separate but overdue examinations of the so-called War on Drugs, and how the U.S. government is exacerbating the problem.

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