assault rifles in america s gun culture, but we started talking about how that compares to how other countries handle the issue of gun control. there is no focus on safety, gun control safety, understanding proper storage techniques, proper utilization of a gun here in the united states relative to our allies, our peer countries. i can cite so many different instances of what austria, canada, japan, what china does to make sure their citizens can utilize guns if they meet certain requirements. most importantly from a public health lens that they know how to be safe. in china, for example, you can t even store a gun at home. you have to do it at a designated facility. of course gun rights advocates would say any weapon could be used to carry out murder and killings. the assault rifle or the assault style rifle is particularly popular with mass shooters.
other countries definitely paying attention to last weekend s mass shootings. uruguay and venezuela issued actual travel warnings to their citizens this week cautioning about traveling to america. on its website venezuela s foreign ministry blames the problem on inexcusable indiscriminate possession of firearms by the population encouraged by the federal government. the u.s. state department has a travel advisory on venezuela. but it s clear that people who have not grown up in america s gun culture are baffled by our relationship with deadly firearms. this sketch perfectly illustrates that point. there s a lot of gun violence in my country. i m happy to be safe in america where there are no cartels, thank goodness. that may be true, we do have gun violence in this country. like mass shootings in schools. unfortunately we have that stuff, two. two students are in rival
convention in the wake of the protests there is no sean more inviting to i mare s killer then or sorry that did claire s this school is a gun free zone come in and take us. through on your own pocket when students continue their campaign hoping the tragedy that turned them into activists may help to change america s gun culture. and correspondent all over sal it was marjorie stolen douglas high school today and here s his take on the one year anniversary of the shooting. more than twenty school shootings across the united states made it one of the worst years in gun violence in the country what s different this time is that students here in parkland florida did not want to be victims but became activists instead and while on the federal level not much has changed since then there were changes on the
mare s killer then or sorry that did claire s this school is a gun free zone come in and take us. through on your own pocket when students continue their campaign hoping the tragedy that turned them into activists may help to change america s gun culture they d have a correspondent all of a solid as of a moderate starting with douglas high school welcome tell us more about today s events. well it s a very sad day for the community here behind me at the stillman douglass high a commemoration events were taking place throughout this morning they are close to the public as the community is still struggling one year after these attacks but what s different this year and that s what you ve just reported of all in the report that we ve just seen is this movement that survivors and victims and.
before a rest fight for your lives before it s someone else s child. i but the gun lobby soon hit back the national rifle association claim to come pain was orchestrated by gun hating elites amoco and fellow activists david hong were accused of being paid actors. and president trump the n.r.a. is back the solution to school shootings teaches he told delegates at the annual convention in the wake of the protests there is no shaunie more inviting to our marriage killer then or sorry that did claire s this school is a gun free zone come in and take us. for near on pocket when students continue their campaign hoping the tragedy that turned them into activists may help to change america s gun culture.