Joe Biden said Monday that he would “keep pushing” for tighter gun regulations, a demand growing in the country after the Uvalde shootings last week. last.
Yesterday, the US president visited Texas and spent hours with victims’ families.
Two female teachers and 19 children, aged 9-11 years, were shot to death at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday by a teenager. This plunged America back into the nightmare of school shootings.
He told journalists that he had always felt the need to take action on weapons and assured them that he would “continue to push”.
It is absurd to purchase a gun that can fire 300 bullets.
Representative Democrats and Republicans are currently in negotiations to reach a compromise on this controversial issue. Joe Biden has not yet been able to do so. Monday’s clarification by the Democratic president was that he did not take part in these discussions.
He said, “I believe that things have gotten so terrible that it makes everybody more rational about them,” he hoped.
According to the Gun Violence Archive website, the United States still saw several shootings this weekend. Four people were killed and many others were injured.
It was a long weekend, Monday being Memorial Day holiday. This usually leads to more violence in the warmer months.
Sixteen teenagers sustained injuries in Chattanooga on Saturday night, according to Tim Kelly, the mayor of the city. A shooting at an Oklahoma festival in Taft left seven people injured and one dead, according to state authorities.
Uvalde in Texas was still traumatized from the attack on her school and was planning to bury the 21 victims.
The funeral will start Tuesday and continue until mid-June.
Amerie Jo Garza will be the first to take place. She was a little girl who just celebrated her tenth year when she was murdered.
