Firearms
Protestors march in Washington

Thousands Call For Action On US Gun Violence

Thousands of people took to the streets in the United States (US) on Saturday to push for action on the devastating gun violence plaguing the country, where Republican politicians have repeatedly blocked efforts to enact stricter firearms laws.Protesters of all ages streamed onto the National Mall in Washington, where a gun violence prevention group placed more than 45,000 white vases holding flowers – one for each person killed by a firearm in the US in 2020."Protect People Not Guns,&qu

12 June 2022
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People protest against guns in Texas

Freedom And Fear: America's Deadly Gun Culture

It was 1776, the American colonies had just declared their independence from England, and as war raged the founding fathers were deep in debate: should Americans have the right to own firearms as individuals, or just as members of local militia?Days after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered in a Texas town, the debate rages on as outsiders wonder why Americans are so wedded to the firearms that stoke such massacres with appalling frequency.The answer, experts say, lies both in the t

28 May 2022
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Chinese guns for Thailand

Earlier this week, The ASEAN Post published an article citing the United Nations’ (UN) 2018 edition of the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict. The UN report condemned the government of the United Kingdom for arming states named and shamed where more than 12,000 children were killed or maimed last year in armed conflicts.

8 August 2019
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