France and Britain angered by Trump's gun law speech
Trump suggests looser gun laws could have helped avert fatal attacks in main allies France and Britain
Paris/London — US President Donald Trump caused anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped avert fatal 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 acted out 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. One minister urged the US leader to apologise, at a time when President Emmanuel Macron has been reinforcing bilateral ties. "France expresses its firm disapproval of President Trump’s comments about the Paris attacks on November 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 "w...
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