White House spokesman Jay Carney -File Photo

WASHINGTON: The White House said Monday it so far had “no specific agenda” to announce on tackling gun violence, hours after President Barack Obama warned America must do more to end firearms tragedies.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama would engage Americans “in the coming weeks” on a possible approaches, after he pledged at a vigil for last week's school shooting to use all the powers at his disposal.

“I don't have a series of proposals to present to you. The president spoke yesterday about moving forward in the coming weeks,” Carney said.

“I don't have a specific agenda to announce to you today. I will simply point you to what the president said last night about moving forward in the coming weeks. I would look for him to do that.”

Carney did however say that Obama still supported a reinstatement of the ban on assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, following growing talk in Congress about a bid to renew the measure.

Opinion

Editorial

IMF’s unease
Updated 24 May, 2024

IMF’s unease

It is clear that the next phase of economic stabilisation will be very tough for most of the population.
Belated recognition
24 May, 2024

Belated recognition

WITH Wednesday’s announcement by three European states that they intend to recognise Palestine as a state later...
App for GBV survivors
24 May, 2024

App for GBV survivors

GENDER-based violence is caught between two worlds: one sees it as a crime, the other as ‘convention’. The ...
Energy inflation
Updated 23 May, 2024

Energy inflation

The widening gap between the haves and have-nots is already tearing apart Pakistan’s social fabric.
Culture of violence
23 May, 2024

Culture of violence

WHILE political differences are part of the democratic process, there can be no justification for such disagreements...
Flooding threats
23 May, 2024

Flooding threats

WITH temperatures in GB and KP forecasted to be four to six degrees higher than normal this week, the threat of...