“Expressions of sympathy aren’t enough,” he added. “It’s time we do something about this”.
While Obama did not cite which statistics he was using, he is correct that gun violence is worse in America than in many other developed countries.
A 2013 study by two New York based cardiologists which examined rates of firearm deaths in 27 developed countries using World Health Organisation data from 2010 found the US had the highest rate of gun deaths.
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