PressTV-‘US gun violence perpetuated by firearms industry’

The gun violence epidemic in the United States has been perpetuated by the firearms industry as well as racism and prejudice against minorities, an African American journalist in Detroit says.

Mass shootings in the US will not be curbed until more Americans pressure Congress to pass strict gun control laws, said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor at the Pan-African News Wire.

Gun violence is also rooted in the country’s widespread racism and discrimination against minorities since the colonial era, Azikiwe said in a phone interview with Press TV on Friday.

“The United States is a violent country, it was born in violence against the indigenous people, against the African people who were enslaved, as well as others,” he said.

“We have a combination of the historical violence in the United States, we have the preeminent role of the arms manufacturing industry, and also racism and other forms of national discrimination,” he added.

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