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I believe the article may fall under the criteria for 'Mid' level importance. Specifically the "Civilians notable for legal use of firearms." criterion. Opecuted (talk) 11:42, 23 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Agreed. I've reassessed it as such. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 02:37, 17 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

There seems to be a lack of consistency when it comes to naming of gun control/gun law/firearms regulation articles for various countries. For example, we have:

• Gun law in the United States
• Firearms regulation in the United Kingdom
• Gun laws of Australia
• Gun control in Italy

I don't think there are any partcularly strong reasons for any of the names, and they seem to be randomly chosen. I think it would be good to standardise on a common name, which in my opinion should be "Gun control in X". Elshad (talk) 22:05, 17 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

The issue with using "Gun control" is that many regulations have nothing to do with "control". California's Prop 65 is a prime example -- it's an environmental/health regulation, that acts as a regulation on firearms and ammunition but is not specifically intended for gun control. "Gun laws in" or "Firearms regulation in" are both better terms, with the former being more WP:CONCISE and the latter being more WP:PRECISE as regulations are not necessarily laws (and in the US, many of the most noticeable ones are not, but are rather administrative regulations). I'd support either one, but prefer "Gun laws in" as being more accessible and concise. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 02:33, 17 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 20:26, 18 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Added several. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 02:29, 17 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

There is a discussion at Talk:List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States,_2009#Split_by_month about spliting the list by month. --Jax 0677 (talk) 22:38, 20 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

This merger is related to these recent mergers . Notifications placed here . Springee Springee (talk) 21:04, 8 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Link to AfD discussion . Springee (talk) 23:44, 8 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

A formal RfC related to the merger has been started here

The questions are:

1. Is the term "high-capacity magazine" a WP:DUE topic outside of legal and political discussions?

2. Does the term "high-capacity magazine" merit its own section?

Springee (talk) 16:05, 3 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Viertola school shooting#Requested move August 16 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 09:26, 23 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) § New Portal idea. Thryduulf (talk) 12:24, 20 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

An editor has requested that 2026 South Cotabato school shooting be moved to 2026 Banga National High School shooting, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. Raskuly 🐰 23:27, 22 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
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The redirect Weapons of Japan has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 November 7 § Weapons of Japan until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 21:41, 7 November 2026 (UTC)Reply