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US GUNS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016
Mass shootings are America's new normal
Congress's failure to act over the last 12 years has transformed the U.S. into a nation awash in military hardware.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jun 24, 2016
Guns make the U.S. less fair and less tolerant
The numbers make it clear: America has a gun problem.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
America has long fostered a culture of violence
We cannot decry the consequence of our actions if we foster a culture of violence in the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2016
Orlando tourism unshaken by rare week of horrific news
Experts say it's too soon to gauge whether a week of horrific news out of Orlando will hurt tourism there. But travel agents are not seeing widespread cancellations, and many travelers say they're committed to visiting.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2016
The horror in Orlando
Despite some efforts by Democratic lawmakers, if the past is any precedent the massacre in Florida will have no effect on U.S. gun control laws.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2016
U.S. gun stocks surge in wake of Orlando massacre, amid talk of Senate vote on curbs
Shares of firearm makers rose on Thursday ahead of Smith & Wesson Holding's quarterly report, following volatility this week after a shooting attack that killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2016
Obama to again become 'consoler in chief,' meeting survivors of Orlando massacre
Reprising his frequent role of "consoler in chief," President Barack Obama will fly to Orlando on Thursday to meet with survivors of the massacre at a gay nightclub and families of some of the 49 people killed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2016
Mass shootings actually inspire looser gun laws in America
The pattern seems clear: A mass shooting is followed by loud calls to tighten America's gun laws, yet there is no change before the next massacre.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2016
Candlelight vigil held in Shinjuku for Orlando massacre victims
A large crowd gathered Tuesday evening in Tokyo's Shinjuku district for a candlelight vigil to mourn the victims of the LGBT nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 14, 2016
Macho assault rifle ads may be silver bullet in U.S. gun-control debate
"Forces of opposition bow down. You are single-handedly outnumbered."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2016
U.S. Secret Service shoots gun-wielding man near White House
A Secret Service agent shot a man who brandished a gun near the White House on Friday while President Barack Obama was out golfing, and the man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2016
Top U.S. auctioneers refused to sell gun from Trayvon Martin shooting
Two of America's leading auctioneers of guns refused on ethical grounds to handle the sale of the 9-mm pistol that George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 12, 2016
Arizona grandfather jailed for leaving 5-year-old in desert with gun after car broke down
An Arizona man was sentenced to six months in jail for felony child abuse for leaving his 5-year-old granddaughter in the desert with a loaded and cocked handgun with the instruction to "shoot any bad guys," prosecutors said on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 29, 2016
Secret Service bans guns at Republican Party's July convention in Cleveland
The Secret Service will not allow people to carry guns into the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July, quashing the hopes of more than 45,000 people who have signed a petition saying attendees should be allowed to bring firearms.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2016
U.S. gun industry wants looser rules on silencers
The U.S. gun industry is trying to shake off the Hollywood hit-man image of the gun silencer and re-brand it as a hearing-protection device in a campaign to roll back regulations that date to the 1930s.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2016
Japan court grants retrial to convicted Russian following 'unfair' undercover probe
It acknowledged the man was convicted because of an 'illegal undercover investigation' by local police.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 29, 2016
Marines suspend Navarro for month after bullet arrest
The Chiba Lotte Marines on Monday announced they have handed a playing suspension to Yamaico Navarro and fined the infielder ¥500,000 ($4,428) following his recent arrest on suspicion of concealing a bullet in his bag in breach of Japan's firearm law.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2016
Kansas mass shooter got court order over domestic violence just before rampage
The man suspected of killing three people at the Kansas lawn-mower factory where he worked was served 90 minutes before his shooting spree with a court order to stay away from a woman who said he had abused her, authorities said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2016
Revamp of vacant, auctioned Sendai home turns up guns, ammo, grenade
Home renovators found firearms, ammunition as well as a hand grenade Thursday in a house in Sendai that was recently bought by a real estate firm.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2016
Obama, other advocates of gun control own stock in firearms makers through mutual funds
U.S. President Barack Obama, a fierce advocate for gun regulation, is an unlikely investor in the firearms industry — yet he has money in a pension fund that holds stock in gun and ammunition companies.

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