UN Rights Chief Calls For US Gun Control Measures After Orlando Attack

patrick.goodenough | June 15, 2016
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The UN human rights chief called Tuesday on the United States to enforce more effective gun control measures in the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack. A spokesman, quoting human rights commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, deplored what he called the ease with which individuals can buy firearms in America – “in spite of prior criminal backgrounds, drug use, histories of domestic violence and mental illness, or direct contact with extremists – both domestic and foreign.”

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