Hillary Clinton unveils plan to tighten US gun laws
Following the latest deadly US campus shooting, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton offered proposals Monday to tighten the nation's gun laws, even threatening to do so by decree.
(AFP) Following the latest deadly US campus shooting, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton offered proposals Monday to tighten the nation's gun laws, even threatening to do so by decree.
The cornerstone of the plan is to prevent violent criminals, people accused of domestic abuse, and the mentally ill from acquiring firearms, largely by expanding the background check system for weapons purchases and closing loopholes that allow millions of Internet and gun-show weapons sales to go unscreened.
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