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U.N. Rights Chief Urges U.S. to Introduce Arms Controls
[An Nahar] The U.N.'s human rights...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... chief on Tuesday called on the United States to bring in "robust gun regulation" in order to prevent the kind of mass killing seen in Orlando, Florida over the weekend. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urged Washington to live up to its obligations to protect its citizens from the "horrifyingly commonplace but preventable violent attacks that are the direct result of insufficient gun control." Gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people and maimed another 53 before he was killed when police stormed the Pulse, one of Orlando's most prominent gay venues, early Sunday. "It is hard to find a rational justification that explains the ease with which people can buy firearms, including assault rifles, in spite of prior criminal backgrounds, drug use, histories of domestic violence and mental illness, or direct contact with murderous Moslems ‐ both domestic and foreign," Zeid said in a statement. "How many more mass killings of school-children, of co-workers, of African-American churchgoers... will it take before the United States adopts robust gun regulation?" he asked. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-15 |
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