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Biden to grieve with Texas town after nation’s latest school shooting

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President Joe Biden flew to the Texas town of Uvalde on Sunday to comfort families ripped apart by the worst U.S. school shooting in a decade as the public demands answers about why local police failed to act swiftly.

Local law enforcement officers in Uvalde allowed the shooter into a classroom almost for an hour. Officers waited in the hallway while children in the room dialled 911 in panic.

Biden will meet with victims’ families, survivors and first responders, attend a church service and visit a memorial erected at the Robb Elementary School where the gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.

“Too much violence, too much fear, too much grief,” Biden told graduates in a commencement speech on Saturday at the University of Delaware. While we cannot eliminate tragedy entirely, I am certain that America can be safer. It is possible to finally protect our children’s lives and the lives of others.

Biden is a Democrat. He has made repeated calls for fundamental changes to America’s gun laws. However, he has failed to make any significant impact on mass shootings. convince RepublicansThat would help to stop the violence.

His Texas trip will mark his third visit to a site of mass shooting. He also visited Buffalo earlier in the month, New York after an attack on a supermarket that saw 10 Black victims killed.

Gun control has been at the forefront of America’s priorities for months, ahead of November’s midterm elections. Uvalde was the shooting that brought gun control to the front of national agenda. Supporters of stricter gun laws argue that this latest violence is a turning point.

“The president has an opportunity. Guns Down America’s executive director, Igor Volsky said that the country desperately needs a leader who can stop gun violence.

Volsky urged Biden to enlist a senior official to tackle the country’s gun problem and pressure Congress to pass meaningful gun reform, saying Biden had promised to be a deal maker and to tackle gun violence.

The ‘Weapons for war’

Kamala Harris (Vice President) called for an assault weapon ban during Saturday’s trip to Buffalo. Harris stated that these weapons were “a weapon” and should be banned because of back-to-back mass shootings.

White House aides and close allies say Biden is unlikely to wade into specific policy proposals to avoid disrupting delicate gun control negotiations in the divided Senate.

Because he is not likely to act to curb firearms in executive order, it could also send Republican lawmakers back to their sides who would otherwise be open to negotiation.

During the Senate Democrats’ Memorial Day Holiday recess, they have also slowed down their rhetoric.

Dick Durbin (Senate Judiciary Chairman) said on Sunday that we have to be realistic in what we are able achieve. Durbin and his fellow Democrats hold a narrow 50-50 Senate split, but require 60 votes for most legislation to be passed.

Leading Republicans like U.S. Former President Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz from Texas have rejected the call for gun control and suggested that instead they invest in mental healthcare and tighten security at schools.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (a Republican) denied that Texas’s newly passed gun laws, which included a controversial measure to remove licensing requirements for concealed weapons, were “relevant” Tuesday’s bloodshed.

He recommended that state legislators pay more attention to mental health.

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