Is this a watershed moment for gun control in the US?
Young people lead the charge for tougher controls on firearms after mass shooting at high school in Florida.
Young people across the US are calling for stricter gun laws after a mass shooting that killed 17 students and staff at a high school in Parkland, Florida, last week.
Most of those leading the calls for change were not born when Congress last approved gun-control legislation in 1994.
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They are up against the National Rifle Association (NRA), a powerful gun lobby, which remains opposed to any new restrictions.
But is the mood changing in a country that has more mass shootings than any other?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Guests:
Paul Barrett – adjunct professor of Law at New York University, and author of Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun
Richard Feldman – former regional political director at the National Rifle Association (NRA)
Scott Lucas – professor of American Politics , The University of Birmingham, UK
Published On 23 Feb 2018