Cyprus under pressure to move on gun control
Despite staggeringly high levels of gun ownership, gun crime remains rare. Even so, the EU wants us to tighten our antiquated laws Winter in...
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Gun control support fades 3 months after Florida massacre
The Parkland, Florida, school massacre has had little lasting impact on U.S. views on gun control, three months after the shooting deaths of 17 people...
Months after Parkland shooting, Trump to embrace NRA
President Donald Trump, who briefly pledged to “fight” the National Rifle Association after a February mass shooting at a Florida high school, is expected to throw...
Trump throws gun purchase age to states, courts
President Donald Trump said he would wait for the courts to rule before acting on raising the minimum age for some gun purchases, putting off...
Florida state senate votes against arming most teachers
Florida‘s Republican-controlled senate approved sweeping reforms to the state’s gun law on Monday that raise the minimum purchase age and add a three-day waiting period...
Trump pushes for broad bill on guns after school shooting
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday went his furthest yet toward endorsing restrictions on gun sales, bucking Republican Party orthodoxy as he challenged lawmakers to go big...
Major retailer curbs some gun sales, urges Congress to act
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc , a prominent seller of guns in the United States, said on Wednesday it will permanently stop selling assault-style rifles after...
Five yrs after Sandy Hook, gun-control advocates switch strategy
Five years after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, advocates who are disappointed with the failure of efforts...
Hysteria over Islamic terror in US is misplaced
By Andonis Vassiliades On Sunday, November 5, a lone white man entered a church and killed 26 worshippers. The shooter was described by US President...
Obama, frustrated by Congress, plans unilateral U.S. gun control steps
President Barack Obama, frustrated by Congress’ inaction on gun control, will meet with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to discuss ways of reducing...
Democratic rivals back Clinton on emails, but little else in scrappy debate
By John Whitesides and Amanda Becker With a smile and a handshake, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton secured unexpected support from chief rival Bernie Sanders...
Expert care needed for children of murdered mothers
By Evie Andreou IN THE LAST 13 years, 18 domestic murders have left 40 children either orphaned or without any parents to care for them,...
Ministers to discuss better gun control
By Constantinos Psillides THE Health, Interior and Justice ministers, Philippos Patsalis, Socratis Hasikos and Ionas Nicolaou, will hold a joint meeting on October 15 to...
Our View: Gun control is becoming a real issue in Cyprus
THE NUMBER of shooting incidents being reported lately is rather worrying. Although there are no police statistics for this year, reports would suggest that some...
Tougher gun controls for ‘psycho’ reservists
By Peter Stevenson THE GOVERNMENT wants tougher gun controls that will prevent army reservists with psychological problems or who show aggressive behaviour from possessing a...
Revisiting gun control
I FEEL I must revisit gun control as the situation is worse than I had previously thought. First, the Republicans had offered President Obama a...
