WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The US House of Representatives will vote next week on a measure aimed at blocking terror suspects from purchasing guns, House Speaker Paul Ryan told lawmakers Thursday on a conference call. Ryan said that following the July 4th holiday on Monday, the chamber will take up an anti-terrorism package that will include “a provision to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns,” according to a source who participated in the call. […]
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US gun debate ‘needs to change,’ Obama says in Orlando
by Thomas URBAIN with Andrew BEATTY in Washington ORLANDO, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama traveled to grief-stricken Orlando Thursday, meeting loved ones devastated by a shooting rampage and using his bully pulpit to demand that the Republican-controlled Congress pass gun control. Four days after the worst mass shooting in US history, Obama made a solemn pilgrimage to meet staff at the Pulse nightclub, emergency responders and some of the dozens of families shattered […]
America’s gun control debate deadlocks after Florida carnage
by Veronique DUPONT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The deadliest mass shooting in US history has once again unleashed gun control advocates clamoring for curbs on weapons sales. But the Florida carnage also shows the scale of their challenge in a country where a 29-year-old once flagged on an FBI watchlist was able to commit mass murder with a legally-bought assault rifle. As has become a somber ritual after each of the mass shootings […]
Uber driver arrested for US shootings
Chicago, United States (AFP)—-A man arrested on suspicion of shooting dead six people in the northern US state of Michigan was an Uber driver who may have picked up fares during the killing spree, officials and media reported. The suspect, 45-year-old Jason Brian Dalton, is set to appear in court Monday to face charges of murder, Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting said. Uber confirmed that Dalton was a driver for the ride-sharing company, adding he […]
Some support, some opposition to new restrictions on U.S. gun purchases
U.S. presidential candidates and some Congress members were quick to react to new gun control measures announced by President Obama on Tuesday (January 5). Surrounded by victims of gun violence, the U.S. president unveiled stricter gun rules that he said he can impose without Congressional approval. Republican presidential candidates were quick to condemn the new executive orders and vow to undo them if elected. “[President Obama] just wants to sign executive orders all the time,” […]
