President Obama wants ban on AR-15 type assault weapons that are meant for battlefield

President Obama had wanted to introduce a gun control mechanism and the massacre of 50 persons in a nightclub in Orlando has seen him renew his thoughts. He wants Congress to ban the AR-15 assault rifle which is a fast-loading, easy to use assault weapon. As he has said - these assault weapons are weapons of war and meant for the battlefield, they have no place in the streets. Such a ban used to be in place and it should be re-instituted.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 13 June 2016.

The AR-15 assault rifle is a civilian semi-automatic version of the M-16 rifle, which is fully automatic. The gun is able to reload as soon as the shooter pulls the trigger, are lightweight and easy to assemble. As per records of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, there are between 5 and 8.2 million assault-style weapons in the U.S.
Families of the Sandy Hook killings have sued gun manufacturers after recent mass killings - the weapon used at Sandy Hook was a Bushmaster AR-15.
Hillary Clinton, the Democrat hopeful for the White House, has also endorsed the need for gun control and has renewed her call for the same. In her words, weapons of war have no place on the streets of America.


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