LOS ANGELES: The deadliest mass shooting in US history has once again unleashed gun control advocates clamoring for curbs on weapons sales.

But the Florida carnage also shows the scale of their challenge in a country where a 29-year-old once flagged on a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) watchlist was able to commit mass murder with a legally-bought assault rifle.

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