US calls for tough firearm control ignored

The shooting on Friday at a movie theater in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado, that left 12 dead and 58 injured, sent the United States into mourning over the weekend and reignited calls for tougher gun control.

But there is no sign that US political leaders, lawmakers or the public are ready to take any steps toward tighter gun control.

US President Barack Obama offered his condolence to the victims on Friday morning. On Saturday, he ordered the US flag to fly half-staff for five days in mourning for the victims. In his radio weekly address on Saturday, Obama honored those killed in the tragedy, the people who knew and loved them and those still struggling to recover.