Pittsburgh mayor calls for gun control after synagogue massacre

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto calls for taking guns away from would-be hate criminals, rather than assigning armed guards to houses of worship as suggested by US President Donald Trump in the wake of yesterday’s synagogue massacre.

“I don’t think the answer to this problem is having our synagogues, mosques, and churches filled with armed guards, or schools filled with armed guards,” he says at a press conference.

“I think the approach that we need to be looking at is how we take the guns — which is the common denominator of every mass shooting in America — out of the hands of those that are looking to express hatred through murder,” Peduto says.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto: "I think the approach that we need to be looking at is how we take the guns — which is the common denominator of every mass shooting in America — out of the hands of those that are looking to express hatred through murder." #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/2ibYMQIK5U

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 28, 2018