Gun manufacturers tell Congress guns are not to blame for recent mass shootings – video

Executives from major American gun companies told Congress that guns were not to blame for the recent mass shootings in the US, including at a Fourth of July parade in Illinois and a school in Texas, and the racist massacre of Black shoppers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. The CEOs said guns were an 'inanimate object' and it was a 'local problem'

• Manufacturers faced questioning from lawmakers about their companies' responsibility