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Las Vegas carnage prompts new calls for gun control in US

Tuesday, 03 October 2017 7:16 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 03 October 2017 7:17 PM ]

Crime scene tape and red balloons outside the Route 91 festival venue on October 3, 2017 after a gunman killed more than 59 people and wounded more than 527 others when he opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1, 2017. (AFP)

The mass shooting in the US city of Las Vegas has renewed debates over gun control laws in the country.

Democratic lawmakers have underlined the need for such regulations, while Republicans have remained silent. During his 2016 campaign President Donald Trump promised the US gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, to protect the second amendment, which grants Americans the right to buy and bear arms.

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