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Surge in NYC shootings fuels police reform debate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 07:49 AM

New York reeled from a spate of holiday weekend shootings Monday, with police fueling controversy by partially attributing them to reforms undertaken following the death in custody of George Floyd. Read more »

PH court orders arrest of founder of online message board linked to US mass shooting

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 27 04:46 PM

A Pasig city court has ordered the arrest of the founder of online forum 8chan for cyberlibel. Read more »

'Failure': Mexico admits bungled arrest of El Chapo's son after mayhem

Dave Graham and Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 11:28 PM

Mexican officials on Friday admitted they had bungled the arrest of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's son, who they let go during shootouts with drug gangs in the streets of a major city, but the president insisted his security strategy was working. Read more »

8chan owner vows changes in House testimony over links to mass shootings

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 06:36 AM

8chan, the online message board linked to several recent mass shootings, plans to restrict parts of the website during a "state of emergency," the site's owner Jim Watkins told a US House panel in a written statement. Read more »

Owner of site linked to US mass shootings says hate posts never tolerated

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 05:23 PM

MANILA - The owner of a website linked to mass shootings in the United States has said hate posts on the site were never tolerated. Read more »

Creator ng 8chan, humarap sa PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 12:49 AM

Humarap na sa PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group ang creator ng imageboard website kung saan nag-post ang mga suspek sa ilang mass shooting sa Amerika at New Zealand nitong buwan. Read more »

8Chan creator admits online form hard to moderate in wake of US mass shootings

Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 06:01 PM

EL PASO, Texas - The community of El Paso, Texas continues to mourn for the lives of 22 people who were killed in last Saturday's massacre. They are also trying to make sense of why a 21-year old man from a Dallas suburb would go on a shooting spree. Read more »

OPINION: America in shock, in mourning…again

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Aug 09 06:30 AM

There now appears what seems to be a conclusive consensus that sensible gun laws will only dawn upon the American scene when Trump is no longer President, and when both the House and the Senate are no longer under the clutches of the National Rifle Association. Read more »

Lawyers: El Paso shooting suspect's mother called police over son's gun

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 11:57 PM

But the mother's call was "informational" and not motivated out of a concern that her son posed a threat, the lawyers said. Read more »

8chan owner blasts 'sinister' shutdown attempts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 06:37 AM

Moves to shut down the chat forum 8chan are "sinister" and "cowardly", its owner said Wednesday after he was called to appear before US Congress to explain the hate content linked to deadly US shootings.  Read more »

US school shootings rise rapidly in 2 decades: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 06:52 AM

TAMPA, United States - Mass shootings at US schools are rising rapidly, killing more people in the last 18 years than in the entire 20th century, said a study Thursday. Read more »

US students walk out of class in solidarity with Florida shooting victims

Gina Cherelus, Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 12:19 AM

In Washington, however, plans to strengthen the background-check system for gun sales, among other measures, appear to be languishing. Read more »

Florida governor proposes tighter gun restrictions in wake of school shooting

Zachary Fagenson, Reuters
Posted at Feb 24 04:28 AM

Rick Scott said he would work with state lawmakers to raise the minimum age for buying any kind of gun in Florida to 21 years old Read more »

Trump suggests armed deputy at Florida school was a 'coward'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 11:27 PM

Trump on Friday cast doubts on the character of an armed deputy who remained outside during last week's school shooting in Florida. Read more »

Staff return to Florida high school for first time since massacre

Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 11:19 PM

Teachers were welcomed back to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, as part of what the school district called an "emotional and difficult recovery process." Read more »

YouTube user warned FBI after school shooting comment

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 02:12 AM

The message -- "I'm going to be a professional school shooter" -- was posted under the name Nikolas Cruz.  Read more »

OPINION: Bang! Bang! USA...again

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 09 01:23 PM

Why do so many mass shootings happen in America? Read more »

Three million Americans carry a handgun daily: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 09:02 AM

MIAMI - As many as three million people in the United States carry a loaded handgun daily, while nine million do so at least once a month, according to a US study Thursday. Read more »