Massacre in Uvalde, Texas: "As a father, it takes you particularly hard"

»America is shocked.

But of course the people here in Uvalde are the most shocked.

In the small town in Texas where this horrific massacre took place.”

“I have to say that if you're a father yourself, then of course this is particularly hard on you.

Little children have been murdered.

It really is a terrible act.

One can only roughly imagine how the people must feel here in this place.

The relatives, the acquaintances, the people who knew each other.

So it really is absolutely horrible.«

»Of course, no one here really wants to talk about the assassin, even though many citizens in the city knew him.

There are companions, people who went to school with him.

They kind of tell you what kind of guy he was, a loner, someone who's been acting stranger and stranger over time.

And yet no one can really explain why he ended up taking up arms and committing this terrible act.«

»On my way here from San Antonio airport, I drove past three gun shops alone, and the assassin also stocked up on guns here and, right after his 18th birthday, used the law here and bought a gun , with which he finally committed his terrible deed.«

“I have to say that this is very, very sad, but it also has a lot to do with the ideological trench warfare in the USA and with the deadlocked political opinions on this topic.

You're going to meet a lot of people in Texas who think it's okay to have a gun because they say it's important to have a gun to defend yourself against assassins like Uvalde.

That sounds absurd at first, but that's the way it is here: Many see it that way and are now probably stocking up on weapons all the more to protect themselves from such possible scenarios.

As paradoxical as all this may sound.«