America's Problem with Guns: Gun violence killed 15,005 Americans in 2017

3,810 views · Published 31 December 2017 · 7:55 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: TRT World · 2017 · News & Politics

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The US has witnessed a series of mass shootings over the last year - including its deadliest in modern history in Las Vegas in October. It's one of the few countries on earth where the right to bear arms is constitutionally protected and, as has been shown - powerful guns are easy to obtain. Debates over gun control have had little effect on policy, as Ediz Tiyansan reports.

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