‘I don’t want this to happen again’: Miah Cerrillo, a girl who covered herself in her friend’s blood to escape the culprit of a school shooting in Texas, testified before the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, more than ever under pressure to control. steps for guns.
On May 24, an 18-year-old high school student carrying an assault rifle killed 19 students and two female teachers at a school in Uvalde, a town west of San Antonio.
The shooter “Good evening” to my teacher, and he shot it in the head. He then shot some of my companions and the boardtestified the 11-year-old girl, at a Capitol hearing onepidemic of gun violence.
As I approached the backpacks he shot my friend who was next to me and I thought he was going back to the room.said the little girl with the mirror in the comments broadcast via video.
So I took blood and smeared it on myself […] I was silent, then I grabbed my teacher’s phone and dial [le numéro d’urgence] 911.
Miah Cerrillo made sure she was no longer safe at school.
I don’t want it to happen againhe begs.
Present at the hearing, her father Miguel tearfully claimed it was not Miah not the girl he used to play with.
Schools are no longer safe, something really needs to changehe begged.
The U.S. Congress, which is currently debating the limited regulation of guns after decades of inaction, also heard the testimony of Roy Guerrero, Uvalde’s pediatrician, who described the children’s bodies. sprayed, beheaded, in writing by bullets.
I don’t understand if our politicians disappoint us with stubbornness, passivity or bothhe lambasted.
Legislate against a plague
Zeneta Everhart, whose 21-year-old boy survived a racist murder at a buffalo supermarket last month, also challenged elected officials.
My son Zaire had a hole in the right side of his neck, two in his back and another in his left leg, caused by a bullet wound from [fusil d’assaut] AR-15. I cleaned his wounds, I could still feel the bullets behind himhe assured.
” Now I want you to imagine this exact scenario for one of your children. “
US President Joe Biden has repeatedly vowed to take action against this horrible plague that until now has been unable to be suppressed by successive governments. But in a country where nearly one in three adults owns at least one gun, the Tories strongly oppose any move that could harm human rights. law -abiding citizens.
Joe Biden’s narrow party majority in Congress does not allow him to pass gun legislation alone, so the challenge is to find measures that can gain Republican support.
Discussions in the Senate currently revolve around limited measures, such as verifying the criminal or psychological background of consumers of individual firearms, which associations have been calling for for years.
Its Democratic leader Chuck Schumer indicated Thursday that the Upper House will vote on gun control measureswithout giving further details.
At the same time, the House of Representatives is debating another major bill that, among other things, prohibits the sale of semi-automatic rifles to those under 21 years of age and high-profile magazines. capacity.
These measures will be put to a vote on Wednesday night, but have been strongly criticized by the Republican opposition. That is why it seems impossible for them to pass the Senate stage, where the support of 10 conservatives is needed because of the rules of the qualified majority.
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Source: Radio-Canada
