Former US President Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 25, lashed out on the “gun foyer within the nation and alleged that it was being backed by the Republicans. His feedback got here within the wake of the Texas college capturing that left a minimum of 19 college students and two lecturers useless. The shooter shot his grandmother earlier than transferring on to the varsity.
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The 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, who opened fireplace on the scholars and staffers of Robb Elementary School in Texas, US, on Tuesday was later shot useless by police.
Obama mentioned: “Nearly ten years after Sandy Hook—and ten days after Buffalo—our country is paralyzed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that has shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies.”
He was referring to the Republican Party which has been opposing stricter gun legal guidelines within the nation. “It’s long past time for action, any kind of action. And it’s another tragedy—a quieter but no less tragic one—for families to wait another day,” he mentioned.
Obama’s remark got here after Republican Marjorie Greene mentioned that there was no want for extra gun management and as an alternative the nation ought to be taking a look at “mental health” of individuals and “medicines”.
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“Our nation needs to take a serious look at the state of mental health today. Sometimes meds can be the problem. America is failing our youngest generations from decades of rejecting good moral values and teachings. We don’t need more gun control. We need to return to God,” she tweeted.
“Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space,” Obama tweeted.
“Michelle and I grieve with the families in Uvalde, who are experiencing pain no one should have to bear,” Obama mentioned.
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Earlier within the day, US President Joe Biden mentioned: “When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? These kinds of mass shootings rarely happen anywhere else in the world. We have to have the courage to take action … to ensure something like this never happens again.”
At the identical time, Connecticut senator and Democrat Chris Murphy pleaded together with his senate colleagues to take motion after a gunman shot useless 19 kids and two lecturers at a Texas college. He requested, “What are we doing? There were more mass shootings than days in the year. Our kids are living in fear.”
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