Texas shooting, Biden: 'Congress turns pain into action'

On Sunday

and the first lady will arrive in

, the town in

where

.

Here they will meet the families of the victims.

The President of the United States will once again take on the role of 'consoler-in-chief' to "comfort the families of the victims and a community in shock" after the massacre in the elementary school, as he did last week following the massacre of a white supremacist in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

Yet another journey of mourning and pain, while protests against guns and the anger of the parents of pupils who died due to the slow intervention of the security forces are growing in the country.

"Congress must pass the law on controlling the profiles of those who want to buy weapons, ban assault rifles and machine guns," President Biden tweeted: "It is time to turn this pain into action."

Congress needs to pass universal background checks, ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and confirm Steve Dettelbach as head of the ATF.

It's time to turn this pain into action.

- President Biden (@POTUS) May 26, 2022

THE PRESIDENT BIDEN EXPECTED AT UVALDE

The president of the United States will arrive in Uvalde in the middle of the annual convention in the Texan city of Houston of the

: the powerful arms lobby that, by funding parliamentarians (especially Republicans), has been blocking any attempted reform in this area.

A temporal coincidence that will highlight a striking contrast in an increasingly polarized country: on the one hand Biden with the families of the victims, on the other the event of the "patriots" of the NRA with the participation today of

, of the senator already presidential candidate

and Texas Governor

.

Presences that have outraged the opposition.

"You are an absolute swindler", accused in the courtroom the leader of the dem majority in the Senate Chuck Schumer referring to Abbott and asking him if he will ask his "friends of the Maga movement (that of the tycoon) and his companions of the NRA to put aside the their agenda and to think of someone else as well as themselves ".

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Republican Senator Ted Cruz, one of the staunchest opponents of a close on guns, lost patience with a Sky news reporter who asked him to explain why massacres like the Texas one only happen in the United States.

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'ARMING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL GUARDS'

The Texan governor, also attacked on Wednesday by his future challenger dem Beto O'Rourke ("you're not doing anything"), was targeted for promoting the purchase of weapons and for having signed a law last year that liberalizes the purchase of weapons. detention in public without a license, controls or training at the age of 18: as the Uvalde killer did, when you need 21 to drink a beer. weekend shootings in Chicago and Texas school shootings. "

The solution, for him and most Republicans, is to arm school teachers and guards and strengthen mental assistance to prevent what the NRA has called acts of "isolated and disturbed criminals."

However, it is paradoxical that for the

NRA event weapons will be banned, to protect Trump, as requested by the Secret Service.

Vivid protests are expected against the assembly from the arms lobby, which began Thursday at the George R. Brown Convention Center, destined to have an echo in the country, while the American singer-songwriter Don McLean announced that he will no longer sing at the NRA convention out of respect for victims.

There will also be no weapons manufacturer Daniel Defense, who made the assault rifle used by Salvador Ramos in the massacre.

while the American singer-songwriter Don McLean has announced that he will no longer sing at the NRA convention out of respect for the victims.

There will also be no weapons manufacturer Daniel Defense, who made the assault rifle used by Salvador Ramos in the massacre.

while the American singer-songwriter Don McLean has announced that he will no longer sing at the NRA convention out of respect for the victims.

There will also be no weapons manufacturer Daniel Defense, who made the assault rifle used by Salvador Ramos in the massacre.

MARCH FOR THE CLAW OF WEAPONS

Meanwhile, the group of arms control activists 'March for Our Lives' is planning for June 11 demonstrations across the country and a new march in the capital, after the massive one four years ago for the Parkland school massacre. in Florida.

"In 2018 you marched with us to end armed violence - wrote the organization on Twitter -. Four years later, we are marching again".

A way also to press on Congress, where the dems are still hoping for a compromise for a close on weapons on which the majority of Americans agree (according to polls).

But the Republicans appear adamant, a few months before the Midterm elections.

For them, the ideological defense of the second amendment of the constitution on the right to self-defense is an almost sacred duty,

an absolute creed, a requirement to preserve the American way of life.

While for Biden and the dem "he is not absolute" or, in the words of the cardinal archbishop of Chicago Blase Cupich, "he did not come down from Sinai". 

In 2018 we marched for our lives after the shooting in Parkland.

Since then 175k + lives have been lost to gun violence.

Don't accept empty words from “leaders” as we watch more kids die.

March with us again on June 11th.https: //t.co/HrGKJ7PkgG

- March For Our Lives (@ AMarch4OurLives) May 26, 2022

But, beyond the generous donations of the NRA, the right to bear arms now seems to have become a dogma in a society that is increasingly divided and distrustful of the state, its neighbors, demonstrators: Americans are only 4% of the population. world but they have almost half of the weapons registered on the planet and last year they bought about 20 million, the second highest figure in their history.

This is despite the growing number of shootings, which cause over 20,000 deaths a year, not counting suicides: a country that is killing itself.

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Massacre in an elementary school in Uvalda, Texas, 21 dead - World

The violent shooting took place at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, two days before the end of the school year.

The victims are 19 children and two teachers, of the same class.

The killer, Salvador Ramos, 18, was killed in a fire fight with officers.

Who is the Uvalde killer, the selfies with weapons and the message before the massacre.

The first victim of the killer was the grandmother, shot in the head (ANSA)

And the victims often don't stop at the people involved in the massacres.

Just yesterday the husband of Irma Garcia, the teacher of the primary school of Uvalde, killed while shielding the little students with her body, died of a heart attack, two days after the massacre that cost the life of his wife and 19 others. children.

Joe Garcia "died of pain," family members said. 

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Texas: the husband of the heroine teacher died of pain - World

Joe Garcia suffered a heart attack after the massacre that cost his wife his life (ANSA)

FAMILIES ACCUSE AGENTS

In addition to the pain of the tragedy, there is also the doubt that something could be done to prevent the death of the 21 people involved in the massacre.

Why has it been nearly an hour since Salvador Ramos arrived at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and was killed by agents?

Why didn't the special teams stop the carnage earlier?

The Texas police are called upon to answer many questions, while the anger of the parents of the young victims grows, who accuse the officers of not acting in a timely manner to stop Ramos' murderous rampage.

"Come in! Come in!", The parents who rushed out of the school scream at the agents in desperation, in the videos of those terrible moments filmed by witnesses and inhabitants.

A crowd frustrated by

inaction by the police and terrified of what might happen.

And while the Uvalde massacre still has unclear contours, outside another school in Texas a student was arrested with an Ak-47 style pistol and AR-15 rifle, just like the one used by Ramos to slaughter 19 children and two teachers.

A spokesperson for the Toronto Police Special Investigation Unit explained that two police officers shot the gunman and killed him.

It is unclear whether the man was holding the weapon when the police fired.

Police chief James Ramer did not provide further details as there is an ongoing investigation.

"There is no threat to public safety," he assured him.

"Due to the proximity to a school, I understand how traumatic this must have been for staff, students and parents given the recent events in the United States," he added.

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Shooting in Texas, the anger of the parents: "The agents did not enter immediately" - World

Witness: 'More could have been done, they were unprepared.'

Jill and Joe Biden will be at the scene of the massacre.

The violent shooting took place at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

The victims are 19 children and two teachers, of the same class.

The killer, Salvador Ramos, 18, was killed in a fire fight with officers.

Who is the Uvalde killer, the selfies with weapons and the message before the massacre.

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ARMED MAN KILLED IN TORONTO, CANADA 

A man with a rifle near a Toronto school was killed by police.

The man, according to the police Twitter account, was about 20 years old, wearing a white cap and a long coat.

A spokesperson for the Toronto Police Special Investigation Unit explained that two police officers shot the gunman and killed him.

It is unclear whether the man was holding the weapon when the police fired.

Police chief James Ramer did not provide further details as there is an ongoing investigation.

"There is no threat to public safety," he assured him.

"Due to the proximity to a school, I understand how traumatic this must have been for staff, students and parents given the recent events in the United States."

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Canada: armed young man near a school in Toronto, killed by police - World

He was about 20 years old, wearing a white cap and a long coat.

Two days after the massacre in the Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, panic broke out and all the schools in the area were closed (ANSA)