‘I want to shoot terrorists in head’ says US Republican politician

A US Republican politician whose Christmas card featured her family and herself posing with a range of guns is the subject of an online petition demanding she resign after she said she wanted to fly Paris to “shoot terrorists in the head”.

The latest headlines surrounding Michele Fiore, a two-term Nevada state assemblywoman, come as Donald Trump, the man leading the race for the Republican presidential nomination, stirred up yet more controversy by proposing to ban Muslims from entering the US and claimed Britain had a “massive Muslim problem”. His comments have been criticised by boxing legend Muhammad Ali and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, among others.

Michele Fiore’s family Christmas card generated thousands of mixed reactions on social media. It features four generations of her family, from her mother down to her grandchildren.