As Democrats are again calling for gun control, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has rejected the plea, arguing for a “real solution” after a deadly elementary school shooting.
The shooter, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos, is believed to be a high school dropout, the governor said at a press conference where Texas authorities issued an update on the shooting that killed 21 people. 19 children and 2 teachers, Tuesday, at a primary school in Uvalde.
He is not no criminal history ni ng known mental health issuesadded Mr. Abbott.
We have a mental health problem in this communityhe then argued, and added that it was necessary to promote access to care.
The governor also provided details of the shooter.
No warnings significant predicts this tragedy, except for the half hour leading up to it, Mr. Abbott said. The shooter wrote three Facebook posts: I will shoot my grandmother, I shot my grandmotherthen 15 minutes before entering school, I will fire at an elementary school.
He then drove to Robb Elementary School, where he collided with his car.
Governor Abbott said that after being injured, the grandmother, 66, who was with the young man, alerted police.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said the shooter bought a semi-automatic rifle from a local sporting goods store on March 17. The next day he bought 375 cartridges. On the 20th he bought a second semi-automatic rifle from the same store.
The media previously reported that the shooter bought these two semi-automatic rifles after his 18th birthday.
Governor Abbott also indicated that 17 people were injured, but their lives were not threatened.
Weapon control, partisan fault line
As with every one of the many mass hunts, Democrats and Republicans disagree on the solutions that will be provided to prevent such tragedies.
Surrounded by Texas officials and two Washington Republican state senators, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, Governor Abbott argued that the shooting should not be political.
Asked about tighter gun controls, he said laws restricting access to guns existed in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles – cities run by Democrats – but they did not prevent killings. by guns.
Former Democratic Representative Beto O’Rourke, who is seeking to be his party’s gubernatorial nominee, interrupted the Texas governor’s press conference, blaming him for for nothing to do to prevent such killings.
There are family members [des victimes] who is crying nowremark of the governor. Think of the people who have been hurt and help those who have been hurtwhile the Democrat was accompanied out of the room.
The fight for gun control has been one of Beto O’Rourke’s main concerns since another deadly shooting in Texas, El Paso, in 2019.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden, was prominently moving and speaking to himself sick and tiredcalled on elected officials to “face the arms lobby”.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, for his part, advocated training of teachers in the use of firearms.
According to CNN, there have been 213 shootings in the United States since the beginning of the year. At least 24 of these acts of gun violence have occurred in American schools, according to a database of Washington Post.
Source: Radio-Canada
