Joe Biden, faced with another tragedy at a school in the United States: “I’m tired, we have to act”

Obviously shocked, Joe Biden went to the point before mourning struck the United States after another massive manhunt that left a massacre, with 19 deaths, including that of the 18-year-old perpetrator in a elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. “I’m fed up now, we have to act,” said the president who took a lectern at the White House. And it went even further. “When will we rise up against weapons?” he asked rhetorically.

The question is the compelling debate in the country he governs, where tension between advocates of the use of weapons in civil society and those who warn that virtually unlimited access translates into repeated and repetitive- repeated tragedies.

“When I became president I hope he just didn’t do it. Another massacre, in Texas, at a school. The second, third and fourth grades are beautiful and innocent. And some have seen their friends die, “Biden lamented.

And he continued: “Parents will never see them again, they will never be the same again. Losing a child is like tearing your soul apart. There is a hole in your chest”

“When are we going to do what we have to do? In the name of God, when will we stand against those who support arms? I’m tired of all this. We need to act. We cannot prevent all tragedy. But let’s reduce them ”, the president insisted.

Shocked by a new tragedy that has rocked American society, Biden asked himself: “Why do we continue to experience this kind of massacre?”

At that moment he claimed that “it’s time to act”. “We can’t forget this. We can do much more than this. We need to do this. It is our duty as citizens on American soil and politicians.”

Biden urged to face the “arms lobby” and vowed to “do whatever needs to be done” to stop the wave of attacks on schools. “3448 days, 10 years, since school in Connecticut, 26 people have been massacred. Since then, 900 gun incidents in schools“, he pointed out.

“I’m fed up, we need to act. And don’t tell me we can’t affect this massacre. I spent my life as a senator and as a vice president working and we approved common sense laws against weapons,” he brought in another section of his message.

In a debate that seemed open, the president pointed out that these laws work and “have a positive impact when certain weapons are banned.” “Mass shootings fall when certain weapons are not approved,” the U.S. president stressed.

Biden expressed his anger at the situation that led to this new massacre. “The idea that an 18-year-old could go into a gun store and buy two assault weapons is wrong. What in the name of God do you need these weapons for if not to kill someone.”

Texas shooting: 18 students killed at an elementary school

An 18-year-old entered an elementary school armed and killed at least 18 children and a teacher in Texas before being killed. The attacker was identified as Salvador Ramos, 18 years old.

The massacre took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about 85 miles west of San Antonio. The attacker arrived aboard his vehicle in the school parking lot armed with a pistol and possibly a rifle, police said, and entered the building where he began shooting at close range.

Ramos is reportedly a student at Uvalde High School, the city’s secondary school, with approximately 15,000 residents. According to reports, before the school shooting he shot his grandmother.

The shot is most deadly since one at Sandy Hook in Connecticut in 2012, in which 20 children and six adults died.

So far this year is almost over 200 hunting in the country and the United States ended 2021 with 693 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

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