Washington (AFP) - The top Republican in the US House of Representatives backed away from toughening US gun laws on Tuesday despite the outcry over the Florida high school massacre that left 17 people dead.
House Speaker Paul Ryan blamed a broken system that allowed shooter Nikolas Cruz to take an AR-15 assault rifle into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, where he shot dead 14 students and three adults.
Ryan said "law-abiding" US citizens should have the right to own such weapons.
Instead, the problem is with a system that allowed Cruz, who had known mental health problems, to legally obtain weapons.
"There was a colossal breakdown in the system locally," Ryan told reporters.
"We shouldn't be banning guns for law-abiding citizens. We should be focusing on making sure that citizens who should not get guns in the first place don't get those guns."
Source : Yahoo
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