The myth of America’s love affair with guns
In Bloodbath Nation Paul Auster says fixing the firearms crisis requires deep cultural change. What it really needs is political…
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Has cartel violence come to the UK?
The Euston shooting suggests the drug trafficking netherworld is no longer confined to the Americas.
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Britain needs a new approach to extremist violence
One year on from the Plymouth shooting, policy is still struggling to keep up with new types of terrorist threat.
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The assassination of Abe Shinzo
Japan’s former prime minister will be remembered as its most consequential modern leader.
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Shinzo Abe: The political legacy of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister
On 8 July, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech at an event in the…
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Republicans put US shootings down to anything but guns
Lone wolf theory, mental illness – there’s no end of old tropes that are preferred.
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Shooting deaths in the US reveal the deadly cost of America’s gun obsession
There were 39,682 deaths from guns in 2019, the worst rate in the developed world.
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Guns still take priority over safety, despite closure of “boyfriend loophole”
Though a bipartisan US Senate agreement has led to some action it has created new concerns, experts say.
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