President Joe Biden, who was visibly scarred, called Tuesday to “confront the gun lobby” to take regulatory action, as the United States has once again fallen into the recurring nightmare of school shootings. .
I was hoping when I became president I wouldn’t have to do that.blew the 79-year-old Democrat when he came in front of cameras at the White House, hours after 18 young children and at least one adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
When will we face the gun lobby for God?said the president, who was informed of the tragedy on the plane that sent him back from a diplomatic tour in Asia. I was sick and tiredhe said again.
Don’t tell me we won’t be affected by this massacre, re -launched Joe Biden, about the plague of gun deaths in the United States. The features drawn, he called take the pain into action to further organize weapons in the country, and in particular weapons of attack.
Arms manufacturers have spent two decades aggressively advancing assault weapons bringing them the greatest profits.he denounced.
He also attacked the Republican opposition, blocking all of his attempts to pass measures in Congress such as mandatory reviews of the criminal records and psychiatric histories of people buying guns.
The conservative camp has also so far refused to reinstate a ban on the sale of assault rifles to civilians, such as the one that existed in the United States between 1994 and 2004 for certain semi-automatic weapons.
Those that block or delay common-sense gun laws […] we will never forgetsays Joe Biden, who can only issue ordinances regulating the circulation of guns on the sides.
Losing a child is like a piece of your soul being taken away from youalso launched this devout Catholic, who lost two children, an infant daughter in an accident and an adult son who died of cancer.
Together with his wife Jill Biden, he called the United States pray for orphaned families.
They will need a lot of help, a lot of prayer.
Source: Radio-Canada