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Gun laws in the US, state by state

Interactive: President Obama has indicated a move towards strengthening federal gun control measures, but the majority of gun legislation in the US is enacted at the state level

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Teacher shoots herself in leg in Salt Lake City school toilet

11 Sep 2014: A schoolteacher carrying a concealed firearm severely injured after accident at Westbrook elementary school in Utah
Missouri approves concealed guns at schools and open carry in public

11 Sep 2014: Lawmakers supersede the governor’s veto of broad bill that allows concealed guns at schools and drops the required age of permits
Assault rifles, gas masks, helmets, tactical knives – the Urban Shield trade show in pictures

8 Sep 2014: Vendors of military-grade gear flock to Urban Shield, the annual trade show that represents the modern face of policing in America
Urban Shield: after Ferguson, police and suppliers consider fate of military-grade tactical gear

8 Sep 2014: Giant black armoured vehicles, assault rifles, gas masks and drones: the modern face of policing in America is on display at a four-day police trade show in Oakland, held mere weeks after a fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri
Scott Rogers death: police investigate sex abuse claims

5 Sep 2014: UK police receive claims of abuse by US talkshow host shot dead by man believed to be son-in-law and former lover
Girl who fatally shot gun instructor 'said Uzi was too much for her'

2 Sep 2014: Nine-year-old said gun was too powerful and had hurt her shoulder, according to police reports released on Tuesday
US ban on Russian-made AK-47s sets off a rifle-buying frenzy

2 Sep 2014: Demand for the assault weapon has risen sharply since US imports were halted as part of sanctions against Moscow
Ten things we learned this week

29 Aug 2014: From sexual abuse on a grand scale in Rotherham to a Bake Off meltdown, a roundup of the week’s news
Libertarian ideology is the natural enemy of science

29 Aug 2014: David Robert Grimes: Whether the issue is climate change, healthcare or gun control, libertarians are on a permanent collision course with evidence
No criminal charges over fatal shooting of gun instructor by nine-year-old girl

29 Aug 2014: Local sheriff’s office in Arizona says the death of Charles Vacca is being treated as an ‘industrial accident’
Arizona gun range reviewing policies after nine-year-old kills instructor

27 Aug 2014: Arizona Last Stop gun range, where visitors can shoot ‘full auto’ machine guns, considering changes including raising age limit
Police tell Detroiters to buy guns in city riven by race issues and crime

17 Aug 2014: City police chief has encouraged residents to arm themselves as stark racial disparities in ‘shoot first’ laws become clear
Republicans Rick Perry and Ted Cruz stoke fires at right-wing convention

9 Aug 2014: Texas governor Perry calls for ‘war’ of ideas at RedState Gathering while Tea Party favourite Cruz given rock star treatment
Girl, three, shot by five-year-old playing with gun

5 Aug 2014: Colorado girl in critical but stable condition after incident that took place in the backyard of a home in Pueblo
Arizona man denies pointing loaded gun at woman and her daughter

5 Aug 2014: Pair told police they feared for their lives at Phoenix airport but Peter Steinmetz, 54, said ‘I was just making a political statement’