Texas faculty capturing: Bestselling writer Stephen King says 2-day Twitter outrage is not sufficient
A day after the Texas faculty capturing incident, writer Stephen King mentioned {that a} 2-day Twitter outrage is not sufficient to curb such incidents.
In this May 22, 2018, file picture, PEN literary service award recipient Stephen King attends the 2018 PEN Literary Gala in New York. (AP picture)
Bestselling writer Stephen King condemned the Texas faculty capturing incident that claimed the lives of 19 college students and two lecturers within the United States.
Taking to Twitter, Stephen King mentioned that two-day Twitter outrage is not sufficient. “2-day Twitter outrage doesn’t cut it. When you step into the voting booth this fall, VOTE GUN CONTROL,” tweeted the writer.
2-day Twitter outrage doesn’t minimize it. When you step into the voting sales space this fall, VOTE GUN CONTROL.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 24, 2022
In one other tweet, Stephen King referred to as for “Gun control now” and mentioned, “Stop the slaughter of innocents”.
GUN CONTROL NOW!
STOP THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS!
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 24, 2022
Stephen King’s assertion got here after a Twitter outrage broke out quickly after the incident. Politicians, celebrities and customary folks took to Twitter and hurled their profanity.
WHAT HAPPENED AT TEXAS SCHOOL?
An 18-year-old shot and killed 19 college students and two lecturers at an elementary faculty in Texas, US, on Tuesday, May 24. He additionally killed his grandmother. Soon after the incident, the shooter was shot useless by responding officers. The incident shocked the nation and the world, reigniting the controversy over extra restrictions on gun use within the US.
Tuesday’s mass capturing incident is the newest amongst a sequence of current incidents and comes just some days after a gunman opened fireplace on passersby at a Chicago locality, killing two folks.
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