Are creating regional tensions. Get in touch with us using the hashtag. Hello and welcome im katty kay in new york, and Christian Fraser is in london. A week after the School Shooting in florida, americas gun lobby has finally spoken up and it is not compromising. As grieving parents and traumatized children confront lawmakers and the president , asking for something be done to stop the countrys mass killings, the nra chief is blaming democrats. Wayne lapierre is defiant. As head of the organisation that lobbies and funds politicians on behalf of the gun industry he is determined to prevent any further restrictions on gun sales in the us. But many of the teenagers, and their parents, whove spoken up since the florida attack, say the nra is out of with the country, and is making schools less safe. As usual, the opportunists wasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain. The breakback speed of calls for more gun control laws and the breathless national media, eager to smear
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