U.S. media: School shootings frequently occur, “America’s children are once again let down”
CCTV news client Six people were killed in a shooting incident at an elementary school in Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, on March 27 local time, three of whom were elementary school students as young as 9 years old. After the shooting, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote on a stricter gun control bill on the 28th local time. However, the American media and the public have long been aware of the U.S. government’s “routines” in response to shooting incidents. They believe that every shooting incident will not push politicians to change the status quo, and the government’s statement is just repeating the same old tune.
CNN published an article on the 28th saying, “America’s children have been let down again.”
The article said that after the shooting, the process that followed was all too familiar and too futile. Politicians are known to repeat the same process soon. Republican politicians opposed to gun control were either quick to offer “condolences and prayers” or simply stay silent. Democratic politicians who support gun control will only speak out again, calling for gun reform. The call to action put forward by the Biden administration has now become a typical ineffective political manipulation in the wake of mass shootings.
US netizens: Nothing will change after every school shooting
Many netizens also believe that gun violence in the United States is a “sick” problem that needs to be solved urgently, but they also know that every time a mass shooting occurs, it will not push politicians to bring about any changes.
Some netizens said, “There is a sick relationship between the United States and guns. Another mass shooting has occurred, but the political will to solve the problem is zero. Every time I see reports about school shootings, I know everything is wrong.” It won’t change. In a few days, another tragedy will happen again.”
(Original title: US media: “America’s children are once again let down by school shooting incidents”)