US gun laws

US President Joe Biden Signs Order To Strengthen Gun Background Checks: 'Do Something, Do Something Big'

The president said he has signed an executive order aimed at stiffening background checks to buy guns, promoting more secure firearms storage, and ensuring law enforcement agencies get more out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer.

Mar 15, 2023, 07:48 AM IST

US gun violence: President Joe Biden asks Congress to raise minimum age for purchasing weapons from 18 to 21

President Joe Biden said that this is not about taking away anyone`s rights, adding "It`s about protecting children. It`s about protecting families. It`s about protecting communities. It`s about protecting our freedoms to go to school, to a grocery store, to go to church without being shot and killed." 

Jun 03, 2022, 07:32 AM IST

DNA: America's gun-culture above the right to life?

The US Constitution gives its citizens the right to own guns. Whereas, to get a gun in India, first, you have to get its license, in which you have to tell why you want the weapon. According to a 2019 report, there are 63 thousand licensed gun dealers in America. In this video, know how this gun culture of America is, due to which many innocent lives have been lost so far.

Sep 21, 2021, 23:36 PM IST

Armed with new power, Democrats push for stricter US gun laws

Last year`s wins handed Democrats control of the governorship and legislature in several more states, including New Mexico, New York, Colorado, Maine and Nevada.

Feb 10, 2019, 16:49 PM IST

Video game tournament turns bloody in US, shooter kills three and then himself

Eyewitness accounts reveal that there were scenes of absolute chaos once the first shots were fired by 24-year-old David Katz.

Aug 27, 2018, 07:06 AM IST

New York busts illegal sale of more than 100 assault rifles

In January 2013, the state of New York made it illegal to sell military-style rifles, passing what it considers some of the toughest gun safety laws in the country.

Jun 22, 2016, 10:23 AM IST

Gun owners grill Obama at town hall

A series of mass shootings has punctuated Obama`s time in office.

Jan 08, 2016, 10:35 AM IST

One shot dead, three wounded in US university 'confrontation'

A student armed with a handgun killed a fellow student in a "confrontation" at an Arizona university on Friday that also left three others with multiple gunshot wounds, police said, in the latest shooting at a US college.

Oct 09, 2015, 20:58 PM IST

Hillary Clinton unveils plan to tighten US gun laws

Following the latest deadly US campus shooting, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton offered proposals today to tighten the nation's gun laws, even threating to do so by decree.

Oct 06, 2015, 00:42 AM IST