(Vatican Radio) After the mass killing of 49 people by a sole gunman in a nightclub that caters for the homosexual community in Orlando,Florida, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - has urged the United States to adopt robust gun control measures to pre-empt further killingsHe said the U.S. leadership needs to live up to its obligations to protect its citizens from the “horrifyingly commonplace but preventable violent attacks that are the direct result of insufficient gun control.”Listen to the report by Peter Kenny in Geneva: Quoting Zeid, UNHCHR spokesman Rupert Colville said it is hard to find a rational justification that explains the ease with which people can buy firearms. People can buy assault rifles in spite of prior criminal backgrounds, drug use, histories of domestic violence and mental illness, or direct contact with extremists – both domestic and foreign. Zeid asked: “How many more mass killings of sch...
(Vatican Radio) After the mass killing of 49 people by a sole gunman in a nightclub that caters for the homosexual community in Orlando,Florida, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - has urged the United States to adopt robust gun control measures to pre-empt further killings
He said the U.S. leadership needs to live up to its obligations to protect its citizens from the “horrifyingly commonplace but preventable violent attacks that are the direct result of insufficient gun control.”
Listen to the report by Peter Kenny in Geneva:
Quoting Zeid, UNHCHR spokesman Rupert Colville said it is hard to find a rational justification that explains the ease with which people can buy firearms. People can buy assault rifles in spite of prior criminal backgrounds, drug use, histories of domestic violence and mental illness, or direct contact with extremists – both domestic and foreign.
Zeid asked: “How many more mass killings of school-children, of co-workers, of African-American churchgoers - how many more individual shootings of talented musicians like Christina Grimmie, or politicians like Gabrielle Giffords, will it take before the United States adopts robust gun regulation? Why should any civilian anywhere be able to acquire an assault rifle or other high-powered weapons designed to kill lots of people?”
The UN right chief noted that irresponsible pro-gun propaganda suggests that firearms make society safer, when all evidence points to the contrary.
Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, signs the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 11:06 am (CNA).The CEO of Cisco Systems signed the Vatican's artificial intelligence ethics pledge on Wednesday, becoming the latest technology giant to join the Church's call for ethical and responsible use of AI.Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate, met privately with Pope Francis on April 24 before signing the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life. Pope Francis meets with Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican MediaThe document, first published by the pontifical academy in February 2020, has previously been signed ...
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