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For his work obtaining asylum for a refugee who had been the victim of gun attacks in Honduras, Lawlor received the Pro Bono award from the Erie County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project in 2015.

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On the Democratic side, the appeal of stronger gun laws was evident in Clinton's attacks on rival Bernie Sanders over his past votes against background check laws and for limits on lawsuits against gun makers.

Foiled terror plots against Jyllands - Posten, as well as this year's gun attack against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which reprinted the Danish cartoons in 2006, have changed the conversation on Islam and immigration in many European newsrooms.

Hours after a gunman killed more than 20 people in a Texas church, Sen. Chris Murphy issued a scathing statement blasting his colleagues in Congress for accepting money from gun lobbyists and what Murphy said was not doing enough to prevent the attack.

It is equipped to defend, not attack, so comes with the latest Phalanx close - in weapon system, 30 mm guns and mini-guns.

The city has seen a mounting number of terrorist attacks in recent years, including last year's coordinated gun and bomb attacks targeting bars, restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France, which left 129 dead and hundreds injured.

Fourteen people died and 22 others were wounded in the shooting attack by a married couple who were inspired by Islamic State militants and died in a gun battle with police.

Pvt. Alex Hernandez (front) and Spc. Justin Huser, both from Ghost Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany, fire their M240 machine gun during a Fire Team and Squad level Situational Training Exercise focused on react to contact, attack, and break contact in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany.

It was like that scene in Mars Attacks, the part between the Martian ambassador's warm greeting and the peace dove getting disintegrated in mid-air with his ray gun.

Following Sunday's tragedy and the unsurprising response out of Washington, Twitter users were quick to point out the cruel irony of the tired statement: the victims of this latest act of domestic terrorism were in church, literally engaged in prayer, when they were viciously attacked by a white man wielding a legal gun.

United States Trump attacks Obama, and his own attorney general, over Russia inquiry, New York Times Survivors of Florida school massacre rally for gun ban in state capital, Reuters

Obama believes new gun control measures could help stem the tide of mass shootings in the United States in the wake of the deadly Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino.

Louis Navellier, known for his stock selection prowess, is betting on two firearms companies that have been swept up in a nationwide buying frenzy sparked by Americans concerned about President Barack Obama «s intentions regarding gun control and their safety following terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris late last year.

CNN also reports that the Republican - controlled state government in Florida is expected to raise the mandatory minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21 — a move that would have prevented the 19 - year - old Parkland shooter from legally acquiring the gun that he used in his attack.

«Gun - free zone to a maniac — because they're all cowards — a gun - free zone is «let's go in and let's attack because bullets aren't coming back at us.»»

Since the attack, students from the school have become increasingly vocal in their demands for gun - control measures.

NBC 15 reported that high school students in Wisconsin sparked a gun control debate at their state Capitol after multiple school shooting threats were made to local high schools following the Parkland attack.

After the vote, Andrew Pollack, father of Meadow, 18, who was killed in the attack, applauded the Legislature for approving the bill but pledged to push for more gun control.

Ryan Petty, father of Alaina Petty, 14, who was killed in the attack, wrote to lawmakers urging them to pass the bill as a step in the right direction toward gun control.

Florida's embrace of gun restrictions came as Congress remains mired in partisan divisions on the issue and as other states, from Illinois to Vermont, consider whether they ought to tighten the rules on gun ownership in the wake of the Parkland attack.

Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine said of the many things victims» families are angry about — the shooter's ruthlessness, the response by the armed deputy assigned to the school, the failure of the FBI and BSO in preventing the attack despite specific warnings and red flags, past missteps by the Broward school district and Florida's child - welfare agency, gun policies — the handling of families and the notification process «is down the list.»

America's hospitals were beset by an unusual number of calamities in 2017: Fires raged in Northern and Southern California; hurricanes displaced thousands in Houston, Florida and Puerto Rico; the deadliest mass shooting in modern history killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 others in Las Vegas; and an attack at a Bronx hospital in which a doctor turned a gun on his former colleagues, killing one and injuring six.

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February has reignited the debate about how to keep children safe from a future attack, with President Trump and gun rights activists saying the best solution is to let teachers carry guns.

Independents are squarely in between, with 57 percent saying stricter gun laws could have prevented the attack.

One of the teenage students Gibson attacked online was Emma Gonzalez, a leader in student efforts to combat gun violence.

In places like Mexico, for example, policymakers stuck to their guns and hiked interest rates to protect their currency (despite speculative attacks), followed through with fiscal reform and liberalized the energy sector.

The man who carried out gun and bomb attacks in Norway last year has pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial in Oslo.

Maybe he was buying a lot of guns (perfectly legal in Texas) and making them more automatic (perfectly common in Texas), but the government gave him and his people every reason to believe that they were under attack.

The Islamic State affiliate initially only claimed responsibility for the attack but a second statement posted on the IS - linked Aamaq news agency said two IS «martyrdom - seeking fighters clad in explosive vests and carrying machine guns and hand grenades attacked the church».

The DNA evidence showed it highly unlikely that Martin was attacking Zimmerman in the manner of which he claimed; and it also showed that Martin NEVER touched the gun as Zimmerman initially claimed.

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A suicide bombing and gun attack claimed by IS in the capital Jakarta killed eight people in January 2016.

A man in conneticticut attacked and «SLAUGHTERED» 20 children and 6 women and a man (himself) using (3) «GUNS».

It's interesting to note that we have more gun related deaths and injuries in this country than all those terrorist attacks put together.

Tragically, that wasn't the worse gun attack of 2017 with 58 country music fans being shot dead by a lone gunman in a Las Vegas hotel.

The MP attributes the rise in acid attacks to the smaller risk of carrying acid than carrying a knife or a gun.

He is also an advocate of the Second Amendment, allowing and encouraging students to carry guns on campus following last year's attack in San Bernardino, California.

It was suggested that Zafar Bhatti was one of two people involved in a gun attack at a prison in Rawalpindi, but charity Release International says that is not the case.

He was known for several other attacks on the Catholic faith in Northern Ireland and at a loyalist rally in 1968 after attacks on Catholic homes he said: «Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs; Catholic churches were attacked and burned because they were arsenals and priests handed out sub-machine guns to parishioners».

On Monday morning in a village called Mbalom in Nigeria, a gun attack on St Ignatius church killed 2 priests and 17 members of the congregation during a morning mass.

A teenage student wielding an attacked several children at his school in Germany Thursday, wounding nine before he was arrested Germany has 2 distinctions 1 they have the strictest gun laws and 2 they have the most school attacks of any country.

Meanwhile the boys were walking around the store planning their defense — MacGyver style — in case of Zombie attack — things like how they could use duck tape to modify nail guns.

The wild boar is hunted with dogs, who keep him at bay while the huntsmen take aim at him with their guns; the dogs durst not approach him, he is so fierce and terrible in his attacks; with his monstrous tusks he would soon annihilate them, did they venture to encounter him too closely.

The team struggled to balance Carmelo's isolation - heavy offensive attack with Amare's preference to run - and - gun, but with a front court including two All - Stars and a former defensive player of the year (Tyson Chandler) the talent is there to contend with any team in the league.

he's sticking to OG and TW as attacking force but it is not enough WE KNOW.If we do not buy someone in the like of Aubameyang or Cavani just to mention now, we do not have a chance to do well in the UCL nor battle the EPL with Man shity.Me as most realistic and objective gooners know that IT IS NOW or NEVER... why not spending those 30 - 40 millions now instead of waiting for summer when Mr Guardiola will come to the EPL and all the big guns will love to make Shity Like Bayern is now?

In the past, I envisioned this team post-Big Three as this running - and - gunning dynamo with Rondo at the point of attack, but the more I see this team flourish in the half court, the more I fall in love with the ball movement and finding the open guIn the past, I envisioned this team post-Big Three as this running - and - gunning dynamo with Rondo at the point of attack, but the more I see this team flourish in the half court, the more I fall in love with the ball movement and finding the open guin the half court, the more I fall in love with the ball movement and finding the open guin love with the ball movement and finding the open guy.

@jt Yes «strengthen the spine» My kingdom for a beast of a DM a 25 goal a season striker Hit the decks a running and spin those guns around Give 110 %, work your socks off, snuff out attacks, be clinical in front of goal kill the game off, go to the next level, instigate attacks, create opportunities, turn water into wine, straw into gold, all with a generous dollop of mental strength But «jt» we are just casting pearls... pushing water uphill with a rake «The spine the spine where 4 art thou»

More recently, it has been a case of incompetence in the defensive side of our game, we've tried to take the game to Chelsea and go guns blazing which put us at danger every time we lost the ball on the counter attack especially as we used to play a ridiculously high line.

Some may point to the fact that Chelsea only had 3 but if you assess the situation, Chelsea were never going to come out guns blazing at Arsenal, Chelsea thrive on controlling the game and counter attacks, having a free flowing game of attacking football is in Arsenal's best interest not Chelsea's and as such they would do everything to break up the play, seek for one off opportunities to get a goal and or get goals from set pieces and it worked like a charm against us.

It'd be very interesting to see just how many goals as United with an attacking line up as strong as this would score in a season, however despite going all guns blazing up front, United would appear to be left very open in defence.