let's talk more about the debate with peter squires he's a professor of criminology and public policy at the university of brighton and an expert on gun legislation and is flying to las vegas on the way to a conference on gun control in the u.s. this of course thank you for joining us you know a gun control laws in nevada they are among the most permissive in the country is this more of a state issue as opposed to a federal one. i think it's a central issue that there is there is big issue about different states as there are regulations generally the west and the south have relaxed gun. policies that obviously. arabs are trafficked across state lines and. the deeds to be some federal grip on this open all the tribes with these attempts to fill some of the gaps in the it's to chip background check system that you get already at the straits policy change is now the u.k. where you are tightening this gun legislation after two major massacres in the one nine hundred ninety s. one were sixteen children were gunned down in the scottish town of dunblane why do you think that there hasn't bee

all right peter squires a professor of criminology and public policy at the university of right thank you very much for joining us on a program now after the violence surrounding sunday's independence referendum in catalonia people in the spanish region are holding a day of protest marches roadblocks and demonstrations are underway in barcelona and across the province as part of strike action against heavy handed police tactics catalan authorities say twenty four different protests are blocking several roads and freeways backing up traffic for several kilometers public transport is also suspended for most of the day and d.-w. is funny for char is in barcelona covering this story for us he joins us on the line hi funny what is happening at the moment with the strikes. at the moment. you have already begun but you've got a demand. going there wasn't there wasn't a you found your way and i wanted to know what a lot of three zero zero zero more schools are closing so i know it's called the transportation a minute it's a minimum and you see a lot of people basically say i think it is three

tighter gun control could help prevent similar tragedies from taking place i want to bring in peter squires easy a professor of criminology and public policy at the university of brighton in the u.k. and an expert on gun legislation mr squier thank you very much for joining us by share coincidence you will be in the later this month to attend the conference on gun control do you think that by that time when you fly into las vegas lawmakers will have moved to restrict the type of deadly military style firearms on the market i mean simply put will las vegas make a difference where sandy hook didn't. i'm very doubtful and that's only as a result of the the the number of times people in america have said never again and yet the the proposals to ritual known laws of running to the quote buyer of the american political system and being blocked in the senate so congress and the n.r.a. still powerful and they are all committed to the right to keep and bear arms and. i fail to see significant movement certainly at the federal level but in different states things may move in different directions ok w