Lawmakers in Congress have fought over three rival gun measures since the June 12 mass shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Obama, the first black U.S. president, has spoken out on racial issues throughout his time in the White House. Obama is very unlikely to succeed in reviving major gun control reform before he leaves office in January. But the divisive issue of gun control could not be separated from the tension between police and local citizens, he said. Obama spoke at the end of a week in which five policemen were killed by a sniper in Dallas and two black men were killed by police in Minnesota and Louisiana.

Source: The Star July 09, 2016 16:50 UTC