In the result of the deadliest school shooting in a decade in the United States, a Trifluvienne who now lives in Texas, where 19 elementary students and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old teenager, was believes that Americans must agree on the source of the problem of these attacks.
On the one hand, part of the American population believes that more restrictions should be imposed on the purchase of firearms. Another party believes that efforts should be put into the mental health of gun holders and that schools are easy targets because the carrying of guns is prohibited in these institutions.
We want to have answers. We want to face the problem. We want everyone to do a little bit to finally solve this problem of hunting that has been on the rise over the years.said Julie Lesage, in an interview on the show Always in the morning.
The latter recalls that it has become increasingly easy to have access to guns in Texas since 2015. In particular, it allows armed entry into an institution of higher education provided you have a permit. .
Texas no longer requires a permit to carry a firearm since September 2021.
We have the impression that in fact is to counter this proliferation of guns and arm the population, so that they are the first line of defense. There are 400 million guns in the United States, so it would be very difficult even if there were laws, even if we restricted them, to return all of these weapons. All we will do is let the honest people give up their guns, but we will give them to the criminals.added Julie Lesage.
” What we really want is balance. We do not want only honest people, people who can bring good, to have their weapons removed from them. Because on the other hand, […] I don’t want to be just criminals [qui y aient accès]. “
US President Joe Biden said to himself sick and tired of such events and called go to the gun lobby.
I have the impression that we really want to take actions that really have nothing to giveJulie Lesage replied.
He noted that schools have recently been built in an effort to prevent these shootings, by installing bulletproof glass and security doors. School districts are also equipped with a police department to respond quickly to these killings.
Some possible changes, according to one expert
It looks bad, Francis Langlois dropped when asked about the prospects for restricting regulations on bringing weapons to our neighbors in the South. The weapons specialist and fellow member of the United States Observatory of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) based his analysis on several elements.
First, some bills require the approval of two-thirds of the members of the U.S. Senate to be passed by the president’s office to be signed into law. But with an Upper House split between Democrats and Republicans, it’s nearly impossible for a bill to further restrict access to guns to receive the required number of votes.
The Supreme Court must also decide soon on a New York law restricting the carrying of firearms into New York State. The Republican majority of America’s highest court judges do not believe Francis Langlois will keep this legislative text.
” Not only will we repeal that law, but we will likely further limit the power of the State with regard to the regulation of guns. “
In the early 2000s, only eight states gave access to firearms to all but those with a criminal record. Today, there are about thirty of them, the specialist continues.
He added that 90% of Americans, regardless of political lineage, want more background checks to be done when buying a gun.
The shooting Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, came just six months from the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty -six people, including 20 children aged 6 and 7, were killed.
Source: Radio-Canada
