Two shooting massacres in Germany and America this week have reignited the debate about gun control, but while Europe has in the past been ready to tighten its tough restrictions, the US remains more resistant to change.

The scene of the shootings in Alabama: the US is resistant to tightening restrictions on firearms but Europe has been willing to order crackdowns

Germany was in shock on Wednesday after a teenage gunman shot 15 people near Stuttgart, in one of the worst incidents of its kind in the country.