WASHINGTON: Pressure built on the US Congress to pass tough gun control legislation on Thursday (Aug 8) as the mother of the man arrested for the ...
WASHINGTON: Pressure built on the US Congress to pass tough gun control legislation on Thursday as the mother of the man arrested for the slaughter of 22 people in El Paso, Texas said she had called police out of concern he had a military-style weapon.
But a police officer told her that her 21-year-old son was legally able to purchase the weapon, and nothing was done about the"informational" call, according to the lawyers.The news fed into the mounting anger in the wake of the back-to-back shootings in El Paso on Saturday and Dayton, Ohio on Sunday, which together left 31 dead and many more injured. Both attacks were carried out by solitary white men armed with assault weapons.
"The tragic events in El Paso and Dayton this weekend are just the latest reminders that our nation can no longer wait for our federal government to take the actions necessary to prevent people who should not have access to firearms from being able to purchase them," the letter said. Bryan Barnett, president of the US Conference of Mayors, described his members as being"on the frontlines" of an epidemic of gun violence.
Trump visited hospitals in both El Paso and Dayton and the White House release photographs and video footage of the visits which showed doctors and nurses applauding him.
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