‘Gun-loving’ ex-US army officer calls for gun control after witnessing Texas mall shooting

Steven Spainhouer described rushing to the shopping center after his son called and trying to help a girl who had no face'

As an ex-police and US army officer, Steven Spainhouer is comfortable around firearms and goes so far as to describe himself as a gun lover".

But Spainhouer is now passionately arguing in favor of meaningful gun control after witnessing a rifle-wielding man murder several people before being shot to death by police outside a suburban Dallas shopping mall Saturday.