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Anger in France, Britain Over Trump’s Gun Law Speech

Anger in France, Britain Over Trump’s Gun Law Speech

PARIS/LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump caused anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015 and linking knife crime in London to a handgun ban.
In a speech to the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday, Trump mimicked the shooting of victims in the Paris rampage and said if civilians had been armed “it would have been a whole different story.”
The French government issued its strongest criticism of Trump since he took office and one minister urged the leader to apologise, at a time when President Emmanuel Macron has been reinforcing bilateral ties following a state visit.
“France expresses its firm disapproval of President Trump’s comments about the Paris attacks on Nov. 13, 2015 and demands that the memory of the victims be respected,” the foreign office said in a statement.
“France is proud to be a country where acquiring and carrying firearms is strictly regulated.”
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he hoped Trump “would come back on his words and express regret”.
“His comments are shocking and not worthy of the president of the world’s greatest superpower,” Le Maire told BFM television on Sunday. (Reuters)