Just 10 days after the shooting in Buffalo, New York, by a white supremacist targeting a Black community, there has been a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two adults.
Yesterday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, an 18-year-old gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults, making it in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. school sincein 2012, and the second-deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. school in history. The killer, identified this morning as Salvador Ramos, was a student at the school, is believed to have acted alone, and was armed with a handgun and a semi-automatic rifle, according to reports.
The tragedy comes just weeks after a racist killing spree at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in which 10 Black people were killed by an 18-year-old white supremacist—an attack that has been widely described as an act of domestic terrorism. Just this Monday, a published by the FBI noted a 52% rise in “active shooter incidents” in 2021 compared to the previous year., despite the challenges previous bills have faced against the Republican majority in the Senate, as well as against the powerful influence of gun lobby groups including the National Rifle Association.
President Biden address the nation from the Roosevelt Room of the White House as first lady Jill Biden looks on.“I had hoped when I became president I would not have to do this again,” said President Biden in an address to the nation last night. “Why are we willing to live with this carnage? Why do we keep letting this happen?” he continued, while appearing to choke back tears.
For many, however, the outpourings of grief and solidarity by political leaders—including Biden’s announcement that the flags at the White House and other U.S. federal buildings would be flown at half-mast in honor of the victims—were seen as representing the continued failure of U.S. government officials to effectively tackle the country’s gun violence epidemic.
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