The right to bear arms is enshrined in the US Constitution.
This means all lawful residents are allowed to buy and own a gun.
But federal law sets out a few exceptions.
Fugitives,
people with criminal convictions,
those considered a danger to society
or who were involuntarily committed to a mental institution
are all excluded.
The federal minimum age to buy a so-called long gun,
a rifle or shotgun is 18,
21 for handguns and semi-automatic weapons.
Permit requirements to purchase, own or carry firearms then vary,
depending on the state.
The permit is needed to buy handguns in a total of twelve states.
Only four have similar requirements for long guns.
In the rest of the country,
anyone meeting the federal criteria can buy firearms without a permit.
Seven states completely prohibit openly carrying handgunsn
while concealed handgun carry is illegal in only two.
A total of 31 states meanwhile allow
residents to openly carry handguns without a permit.
Guns salesmen must alert local officials
and obtain a federal firearms license.
Federal law then requires licensed vendors
to run a background check before selling firearms,
but the rule can be circumvented
as it doesn't apply to non licensed vendors
Anyone can legally sell a gun without a federal license,
if the sale isn't considered a regular business activity.
This applies for instance to someone selling firearms
from their personal collection.
Gun shows are known for facilitating these transactions,
which can be conducted without the need for a background check.
Unlicensed sales currently represents twenty percent
of all gun purchases in the US.
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Canada responds to US, Mexico trade deal - Duration: 1:38.
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White House Flag Flies At Full Staff As Nation Honors U.S. Sen. John McCain - Duration: 0:39.
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Tributes from ex-presidents to world leaders pour in for late U.S. Senator John McCain - Duration: 1:28.
Tributes have been flooding in for late U.S. Senator John McCain, who died over the weekend
after losing his battle with brain cancer.
Ro Aram has more.
Former presidents and politicians have been leading the tributes for the long-time Republican.
Ex-President Barack Obama, who beat McCain to the White House in 2008, issued a statement,
saying all should aspire to McCain's courage to put the greater good above our own.
Obama added that despite their differences, they shared a "fidelity to something higher."
George W. Bush described him as a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order.
Jimmy Carter said Americans will be ever grateful for the Vietnam veteran's heroic military
service and for his steadfast integrity as a member of the U.S. Senate.
Fellow politicians and current President Donald Trump also expressed their condolences via
social media.
McCain was one of Trump's harshest critics throughout his campaign and presidency.
Tributes also came in from world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Barack Obama and George W. Bush are expected to give eulogies at a funeral at Washington
National Cathedral.
McCain's family is reported to have said they do not want President Trump to attend.
Vice President Mike Pence is expected to represent the White House instead.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.
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S. Korea, U.S. yet to reach new deal on defense cost sharing - Duration: 1:49.
Officials from Seoul and Washington met last week to continue discussions on splitting
defense bills.
But after two days of talks, the sixth round of their kind, it's clear, they're not able
to meet half-way.
For details let's turn to our Kan Hyeong-woo.
South Korea and the United States continued their talks late last week in Seoul... on
sharing defense costs.
It seems they're still trying to narrow down their differences, but at the same time, they
see eye to eye on the need to further improve their communication.
An official at South Korea's foreign ministry said Monday that the allies were unable to
reach an agreement on the key points,.
including how much South Korea should pay in total and Washington's demand that Seoul
pay for a new category of expenses called "operational support," which is for American
troops outside the Peninsula.
This "operational support" includes the deployment of aircraft carriers, long-range bombers and
nuclear submarines.
Under the latest five year deal, as of 2018, South Korea pays around 856 million U.S. dollars
to have U.S. troops on its soil, which experts say is around 40 to 50 percent of the total
bill.
But Seoul is standing firm that it can spend money in three areas, which are payroll, construction
and logistics,… as it has in the past.
The 2014 agreement on sharing the costs of America's defense of its ally will expire
by the end of this year.
So South Korea aims to conclude the talks with the U.S. before November as it is expected
to take at least two or three months to get the National Assembly's approval,… but the
Foreign Ministry official noted that the agreement terms are more important than simply meeting
the deadline.
Seoul and Washington plan to hold another round of talks in the U.S. next month.
Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News
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Trump Threatens Tariffs On US Cars From Canada - Duration: 1:50.
Extremely complex bill, and it's
something that I think will be
talked about for many years to
come.
It's just good for both
countries.
As far as Canada is concerned,
we haven't started with Canada
yet.
We wanted to do Mexico and see
if that was possible to do, and
it wasn't.
I think it wasn't from my
standpoint something that most
people thought was even doable
when we started, if you look at
it.
You remember at the beginning
many people thought this was
something that just couldn't
happen because of all the
different factions and sides,
and the complexity.
And we made it much simpler,
much better, much better for
both countries.
Canada will start negotiations
shortly.
I'll be calling the prime
minister very soon, and we'll
start negotiations, and if
they'd like to negotiate fairly,
we'll do that.
You know, they have the tariffs
of almost 300% on some of our
dairy products.
We can't that.
I think with Canada, frankly,
the easiest thing we can do is
tariff their cars coming in.
It's a tremendous amount of
money and a simple negotiation
that could end in one day and
we've taken a lot of money the
following day, but I think we'll
give them a chance to probably
have a separate deal.
We could have a separate deal
that we could put it into this
deal.
I like to call this deal the
united states/mexico trade
I think it's an elegant game.
I think nafta has a lot of bad
connotations for the united
States.
Because it was a deal that was a
horrible deal for our country,
and I think it's got a lot of
bad connotations to a lot of
people, so we will probably, you
and I, agree to the name.
We'll see whether or not we
decide to put up Canada or just
do a separate deal with Canada
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Tributes from ex-presidents to world leaders pour in for late U.S. Senator John McCain - Duration: 1:29.
Tributes have been flooding in for the late U.S. Senator John McCain, who died over the
weekend after losing his battle with brain cancer.
Ro Aram has more.
Former presidents and politicians have been leading the tributes for the long-time Republican.
Ex-President Barack Obama, who beat McCain to the White House in 2008, issued a statement,
saying all should aspire to McCain's courage to put the greater good above our own.
Obama added that despite their differences, they shared a "fidelity to something higher."
George W. Bush described him as a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order.
Jimmy Carter said Americans will be ever grateful for the Vietnam veteran's heroic military
service and for his steadfast integrity as a member of the U.S. Senate.
Fellow politicians and current President Donald Trump also expressed their condolences via
social media.
McCain was one of Trump's harshest critics throughout his campaign and presidency.
Tributes also came in from world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Barack Obama and George W. Bush are expected to give eulogies at a funeral at Washington
National Cathedral.
McCain's family is reported to have said they do not want President Trump to attend.
Vice President Mike Pence is expected to represent the White House instead.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.
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Tributes from ex-presidents to world leaders pour in for late U.S. Senator John McCain - Duration: 1:35.
Tributes have been flooding in for late U.S. Senator John McCain, who died over the weekend
after losing his battle with brain cancer.
For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…
Aram… what messages have come out so far?
Well Mark…former presidents and politicians have been leading the tributes for the long-time
Republican.
Former President Barack Obama, who beat McCain to the White House in 2008, issued a statement,
saying all should aspire to McCain's courage to put the greater good above our own.
Obama added that despite their differences, they shared a "fidelity to something higher."
George W. Bush described him as a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order.
Jimmy Carter said Americans will be ever grateful for the Vietnam veteran's heroic military
service and for his steadfast integrity as a member of the U.S. Senate.
Fellow politicians and current President Donald Trump also expressed their condolences via
social media.
McCain was one of Trump's harshest critics throughout his campaign and presidency.
Tributes also came in from world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Barack Obama and George W. Bush are expected to give eulogies at a funeral at Washington
National Cathedral.
McCain's family is reported to have said they do not want President Trump to attend.
Vice President Mike Pence is expected to represent the White House instead.
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Exclusive: U.S., Mexico reach NAFTA deal; talks with Canada to start immediately - Duration: 1:40.
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North Korea newspaper blasts 'double-dealing' US after Trump cancels Pompeo's trip - Duration: 2:20.
North Korea's state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of "double-dealing" and "hatching a criminal plot" against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since U.S. President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June
Pompeo has pressed for tangible steps toward North Korea's abandonment of its nuclear arsenal while Pyongyang is demanding that Washington first make concessions of its own
North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper said U.S. special units based in Japan were staging an air drill aimed at "the infiltration into Pyongyang", citing a South Korean media outlet
"Such acts prove that the U.S. is hatching a criminal plot to unleash a war against the DPRK and commit a crime which deserves merciless divine punishment in case the U.S. fails in the scenario of the DPRK's unjust and brigandish denuclearisation first," the paper said
"We cannot but take a serious note of the double-dealing attitudes of the U.S. as it is busy staging secret drills involving man-killing special units while having a dialogue with a smile on its face," it noted
A spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul said he had no information on the drill alleged in the newspaper
The U.S. military spokesman in South Korea was not immediately available to comment
The editorial, which did not mention the Pompeo visit, urged Washington to give up the "pointless military gamble" and implement the Singapore agreement, in which the leaders pledged to work towards a complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula
Since the summit, the two sides have struggled to narrow differences over the North's nuclear weapons program
Pyongyang is calling for a declaration of peace as part of security guarantees designed to encourage it to abandon its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, while the Trump administration says a peace deal and other concessions will only come after more progress on denuclearisation
In part to reassure North Korea, Trump canceled or delayed joint military drills with South Korea, but smaller exercises continue
Trump partly blamed China for the lack of progress with North Korea and suggested that talks with Pyongyang could be on hold until after Washington resolved its bitter trade dispute with Beijing
China expressed "serious concern" about Trump's comments, which it called "irresponsible"
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Nearly 20 percent of the U.S. workforce is older than 65, AARP reports - Duration: 0:42.
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Wall Street rallies as U.S.-Mexico reach trade deal - Duration: 3:50.
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BREAKING: 'Multiple fatalities' and one suspect dead in mass shooting in States - Duration: 0:59.
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McCain will lie in state in Arizona, then at US Capitol, funeral details show - Duration: 4:21.
The family of Sen. John McCain has released details of his funeral and memorial services, with the ceremonies to begin in Arizona and end at the National Cathedral, where speakers will include former President George W
Bush. Here is a timeline of planned events: Wednesday, Aug. 29: McCain's body will lie in state at the Arizona State Capitol
There will be a small ceremony that family and local officials will attend at 10 a
m. local time. Following the ceremony, the public will be welcome to pay respects to Sen
McCain in the Arizona State Capitol Rotunda from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug
30: Memorial service at North Phoenix Baptist Church celebrating McCain's life and legacy
Eulogists expected to include former Vice President Joe Biden. After this ceremony, there will be a motorcade to the Phoenix airport, and McCain's body will be flown to Joint Base Andrews in Washington, D
C., and taken to a funeral home. Friday, Aug. 31: McCain's body will lie in state at the U
S. Capitol Rotunda, where the senator's family, colleagues, staff and the public will honor his life and service
A ceremony will take place at approximately 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1: There will be a motorcade from the Capitol to the National Cathedral, with a stop along the way for the late senator's wife, Cindy McCain, to lay a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Former President George W. Bush will give a eulogy at the National Cathedral. Other likely speakers include McCain children Meghan McCain and Jimmy McCain
The New York Times reports that former President Obama has also been invited to deliver a eulogy
Sunday, Sept. 2: A private memorial service will take place at approximately 2 p
m. in the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland. Following the service, a private burial ceremony will be held at the U
S. Naval Academy Cemetery where Sen. McCain will be laid to rest next to his Naval Academy classmate and friend, Adm
Chuck Larson.
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