Obama takes gun control into his own hands. Will it change anything? Not likely
Aleesha Matharu
| Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:48 IST
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The decision
- President Barack Obama has decided to strengthen gun control laws
- He has drawn up a 10-point plan, primarily aimed at improving background checks
The reason
- In 2015, over 12,000 people died in shootings in the US alone
- This is more than four times the number of people killed in Islamic terror attacks
More in the story
- Why do Americans continue to resist any kind of gun control?
- Why Obama\'s move won\'t change much