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United States: impossible gun control
United States: impossible gun control – (FranceInfo)
The Maine shooting has reopened the debate over gun control in the United States. Weapons that are more and more numerous on American territory, but also more and more controversial. Two camps clash on this subject.
Restrict access to weapons, control psychological profiles more strictly. Proposals tirelessly put back on the table by President Joe Biden and the Democratic camp, after each mass killing. This is the case again, after the murder of 18 people in the state of Maine, in the northeast of the country. Problem is, today in the majority in the House of Representatives, the Republicans tirelessly take refuge behind the second amendment to the American Constitution, which authorizes the carrying of weapons, despite calls for bipartisan consensus.
44,000 deaths in 2022
Barack Obama’s initiatives during his two terms were already systematically blocked in Congress, influenced by the gun lobby, the all-powerful NRA. Gun victims are on the rise in the United States. With more than 44,000 deaths in 2022, and at least 35,000 since the start of the year, according to the organization Gun Violence Archive.