The massacre that claimed the lives of 19 students and 2 teachers on Tuesday afternoon in Texas was the worst shooting in the past decade. The tragedy brings back poor memories for Estrien Gilles Rousseau. Her daughter Lauren was among 27 victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where she became a substitute teacher in 2012.
He was trying to keep a certain detachment out of the American news.
I listened to the news a bit to find out what happened. After almost 10 years this fall, I am able to separate my event […] and what is happening nowhis observation.
I didn’t cry often, but I talked to the receptionist, and we heard Radio-Canada, I told him what was going on, and I started to cry. […] It’s heartbreaking, but we try to distance ourselves on a daily basis to live an interesting life, he adds with emotion. We are retired, we travel, we have a big family in Sherbrooke.
He has little hope that things will change.
I met Obama, we went to the White House two, three times. We had a president and vice president who wanted to do something, but to senators, it was impossible. U.S. senators, mostly Republicans, don’t want gun controlhe moaned.
Nakakahiya naman. I don’t know who an AR-15 should kill in the government for the government to do anything. A [politicien] was injured at a baseball game. At first he was a little nervous, but after that, [il a dit] “no, not rifle fault”. It’s hard to changehe argued.
A sense of incompetence and injustice
Sonia Faucher was born and raised in Sherbrooke, but lived in Texas for 10 years because of her job. In an interview with Radio-Canada, he said he was shaken by the tragedy on Tuesday.
In each case, it’s a total misunderstanding of why someone wants to do it. I passed the TV turned on yesterday, saw the headline, and stood in front of the TV with tears dripping for half an hourhe says.
” We’re in Texas, it takes 21 years before drinking […] What does an 18 year old do with that kind of weapon in his hands? Why is it available? It is a sense of powerlessness and injustice. “
He noticed that gun control was a taboo subject for some of his friends in Texas. We wonder if our American friends aren’t talking about it out of respect for our culture. What we have discovered over the years is through events and publications posted by these people, that we are friends, on Facebook, some of our friends are people who promote carrying weapons, accessibility to weapons.
Every time, it hits our heart, because we say to ourselves that “these are educated people, they have traveled all over the world, they are pleasant people, but we disagree to all. this subject, and it is cultural “he continued.
He points out that his adopted city is peaceful. Despite everything, he still experiences some cultural shocks associated with carrying weapons. As a Quebecer, taking my son and armed police at the door, every morning, breaks my heart, and to this day, I haven’t been used to it for 10 years.
Her sons are 15 and 19 years old now. One of them has now moved to Canada as part of his graduate studies.
Yesterday I saw the announcement of what happened in Texas […]my first instinct, I picked up my cellphone and texted my 19-year-old son “thank you Eric for choosing to study at Canadian university, I love you” […] This is my first instinct as a mothersaid Sonia Faucher with a choked voice.
With information from Arianne Beland
Source: Radio-Canada
