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Students create a human chain in memory of victims of the shooting at Prague University.

Tragedy in Prague Ignites Debate on Gun Control

by Ana Braun

The struggle between individual rights and public safety continues amid the mass shooting in the Czech Republic

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Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion stand at attention during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem May 26, 2013,

How a Heavily Armed Country Cut Gun Suicide

Inside Israel’s suicide prevention programs

A boy tries out a 12 gauge Smith and Wesson shotgun as people attend the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention, in Houston, Texas, on May 28, 2022.
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Gun Violence in the United States

Jonathan Lowy, founder of Global Action on Gun Violence, discusses U.S. gun companies’ role in creating violence

children mourn the death of heir classmate
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Gun Violence Arrives on Serbia’s Doorstep

by Masha Raznatovic

Serbian students can no longer say, “It couldn’t happen here”

A community police officer in blue jeans squats low to the ground and holds out two hands full of shiny metal 45mm caliber bullets
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A Gram Per Gun

by José Pablo Ampudia

How U.S. guns fuel Mexican cartels' drug empire

A white hand with the cuff of a blue jacket reaches out to tie an orange ribbon onto a chain-link fence covered in orange ribbons in honor of those killed by gun violence
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Better Mental Health Care Is Unlikely to Fix America's Gun Problem

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Laurent Grosvenor

But reducing alcohol use, promoting gun-free homes, and curbing domestic violence hold promise