After the two mass killings in the United States this weekend, Donald Trump said he was in favor of better gun sales. "A rather weak speech", judges the specialist political scientist of the country Nicole Bacharan.

INTERVIEW

The subject returned to the forefront almost immediately, like a Pavlovian reflex, after the two killings of the weekend in the United States, which killed 30 people according to one last balance sheet: should we have a better control of the sale and the possession of firearms?

Unconditional support from the arms lobby

On Monday, Donald Trump said he favored better regulation of firearms sales, calling via Twitter for a better background check on people who want to buy them. But for Nicole Bacharan, US political scientist and guest of Europe 1, Monday night, "it is a wishful, rather weak speech."

" Every time he goes to the NRA's annual convention, he tells them that their rights are threatened but that he will protect them "

"He will not propose anything on weapons since his electorate is very pro-arms," ​​slice the author of the Secrets of the White House (with Dominique Simonnet, Pocket editions). "Himself, every time he goes to the annual convention of the NRA [the National Rifle Association, the pro-arms lobby, Ed], he tells them that their rights are threatened but that he will protect them, being one of theirs. "

For Trump, "a way of not being responsible"

Rather than encourage better regulation of the sale of firearms, Donald Trump prefers to point the responsibility of the Internet and video games in the act of killing these murderers. "It's a way of not being responsible, not to propose anything on the control of weapons", sweeps Nicole Bacharan. "That the Internet, social networks and video games can play a role in radicalization seems likely but it is an admission of helplessness."

Since the beginning of the year, no less than 251 "mass killings" have been perpetrated in the United States. According to the NGO Gun Violence Archives, this meaning takes into account killings with at least four victims, deadly or not. This can be explained by the detention of at least 393 million firearms by civilians in the United States, according to a study by the Small Arms Survey. "The problem is cultural, legal and political," says Nicole Bacharan. "There is the interpretation of the second amendment which gives the right of access to arms, the will to keep one's weapons to protect oneself."