gun

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Australia's federal government has also flagged a suite of reforms to gun ownership and hate speech laws, as well as a review of police and intelligence services.

From Barron's

The shamash, the centre candle, was lit by the father of Ahmed al Ahmed, in honour of his bravery in wrestling a gun off one of the attackers.

From BBC

If he had stubbornly stuck to his guns, as this England hierarchy has done before, I and many others would have been wondering if he should still be in the job.

From BBC

In the wake of Australia's deadliest mass shooting in almost three decades, the government has announced plans to tighten gun controls, while the New South Wales premier is pushing to crack down on hate speech.

From BBC

He took Boyd’s gun but not his phone, a deviation from department procedure that set the course for what happened over the next few hours.

From The Wall Street Journal