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Under the Gun: Cameron Wants EU to Ban High-Powered Semi-Automatic Weapons

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron will put forward his proposal for a ban on high-powered semi-automatic weapons at a meeting of the European Council later this week, a press release from his office said Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) —EU leaders are due to discuss terrorism, alongside migration and Britain’s EU membership renegotiation, at the summit on Thursday and Friday in Brussels.

“We need to ensure that terrorists do not have the weapons with which they can wreak such tragedy. So at this week’s summit, I’ll be calling for a new EU-wide ban on all high-powered semi-automatic weapons and greater co-operation to crack down on the smuggling trade and to stop guns coming in from the western Balkans,” Cameron said, as quoted in the press release.

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The proposed measures will also include enhanced sharing of ballistics data, a new plan to improve firearms intelligence in the western Balkans “with a tougher legislative and enforcement framework and action to take firearms out of circulation” and “a clear implementation for all member states to deliver the restrictions and alert systems that can prevent terrorists accessing material for explosives.”

On November 13, at least 130 people were killed and over 350 were injured in suicide bombings and shootings at several locations in the French capital.

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