WHO FIRES WHAT

IF THERE WAS EVER AN ISSUE UNDERSCORING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON, IT’S GUN RIGHTS. TRUMP IS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION WHO BELIEVES THE SECOND AMENDMENT PROVIDES RIGHT TO BUY AND OWN FIREARMS. CLINTON H

BACKGROUND CHECKS TRUMP

Supports keeping the system but making it more effective

Wants to ensure that states provide criminal and mental health records

Says background checks ignore that criminals rarely purchase their firearms through legal channels

Advocates expanding background checks to include sale of firearms at gun shows or via the Internet

Pledges to close the ‘Charleston loophole’, named for the shooting deaths of 9 people at a South Carolina church during Bible study

It allows a gun sale to take place if the background check is not completed within the required three days

For a decade, the sale of so-called assault weapons was banned

The ban expired in 2004 and such weapons remain much maligned

They were used in mass shootings, including the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, which left 20 school children and 6 staff dead

BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS TRUMP

Opposes reinstating the ban, which had been put in place in 1994

Says law-abiding people should be allowed to own the firearm of their choice

CLINTON

Has supported reinstating the ban

Says military-style assault weapons do not belong on US streets

CONCEALE PERMITS

Advocates a national system making a concealed-carry permit valid

CLINTON

She has advocated raising the age to legally own a firearm from 18 to 21

We train our military how to safely and responsibly use firearms, but our current policies leave them defenceless — Donald Trump, GOP presidential nominee

Parents, teachers and schools should have the right to keep guns out of classrooms just like Donald Trump does at many of his hotels — Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential nominee