BBC News - Newtown school shooting

2 April 2013 Last updated at 10:28 ET

Will gun laws hurt mentally ill? New York is in the process of introducing some of the toughest gun laws in the country, but in one crucial aspect might they do more harm than good? Paul Adams reports on the consequences of mental health laws.

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Background

Viewpoints: US gun laws The debate begins over US gun control

Game change? Despite Newtown, gun control won't come easy

Guns in the US Key statistics on firearms murders

Over-kill Was media coverage of Newtown too much?

How do you tell a child? Explaining a massacre to children

The victims Profiles of the Newtown dead

Features

Tragic lessons

What Connecticut can learn from Dunblane
This is not a drill

Preparing students for a shooting
Evil and forgiveness

Rod Dreher on the perils of living with free will
Friendless gunman

A profile of 20-year-old Adam Lanza
How it happened

How a gunman killed 27 at a primary school.

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