Published on : 25/05/2022 – 19:18
In the aftermath of the shooting that killed 19 children, the American president, determined to oppose the firearms lobby, called on Wednesday to take action to prevent further attacks.
Joe Biden urged Americans to take on the gun lobby and lobbying Congress to toughen gun laws, after the murder of 19 children and two teachers in a school in Texasthe deadliest toll in the last ten years for this type of crime.
Authorities say Salvador Ramos, 18, shot his grandmother, who survived, on Tuesday before fleeing and crashing into a car near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and d shot at least 21 people before being killed, apparently by the police.
Authorities said all the victims of the shooting were killed in the same fourth grade class. Investigators are still trying to determine the shooter’s motives, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Chris Olivarez told MSNBC.
“Broken Heart”
“As a nation, we have to ask ourselves when in the name of God are we going to stand up against the gun lobby, when in the name of God are we going to do what we all know, in our guts, that it must do!” Joe Biden said in a televised address.
Among the reactions Wednesday, during his weekly audience to the crowds assembled in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis said he was “heartbroken”. “I pray for the children and adults who have been killed and for their families,” he added, before calling for “enough” to be said about the indiscriminate sale of arms and “(take) a commitment so that tragedies like this cannot happen again”.
Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky also offered his condolences to the families of the victims, speaking via video link at a side event at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “It’s terrible to have victims of gunmen in peacetime,” he added.
With Archyde.com