https://www.scmp.com/rss/322785/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tragic events like the mass shootings in Orlando on Saturday night bring international attention to a quintessentially American problem: why does one of the world’s most developed countries continue to have such a high murder rate? These mass shootings are only the tip of the iceberg that is gun violence in the United States. Every year, guns kill roughly 30,000 Americans, including suicides. The laws in place in the US make it very difficult to stop people from killing each other, or from... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1974325/sadly-orlando-deaths-wont-be-force-change-americas-gun?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1974325/sadly-orlando-deaths-wont-be-force-change-americas-gun?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jun 2016 06:00:30 +0000