United States: A horrible mass shooting has taken place at Robb Elementary School, in Texas, in which a teen has shot and killed 21 people, including 19 children and two adults.
The Texas officials had identified the shooter as Salvador Ramos, of Uvalde, who also shot his grandmother before he crashed a vehicle near the school. In accordance with the Texas Department of Public Safety, Sgt. Erick Estrada, she is in critical condition.
The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, mentioned in the statement while addressing the incident, “When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?”
As a nation we must ask: When in God’s name will we stand up to the gun lobby?
When in God’s name will we do what needs to be done?
I’m sick and tired of it. We have to act.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 25, 2022
‘These kinds of mass shootings happen very rarely elsewhere in the world. Why do we live with this carnage? Why do we keep letting this happen? Where in God’s name is our backbone to have the courage to deal with it? It’s time to turn this pain into action,” says President Biden.
These kinds of mass shootings rarely happen elsewhere in the world.
Why are we willing to live with this carnage? Why do we keep letting this happen? Where in God’s name is our backbone to have the courage to deal with it?
It’s time to turn this pain into action.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 25, 2022
The shooting was the deadliest at an elementary school since the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut in 2012 that left 26 individuals dead, including 20 children between 6 to 7 years old.
I’m addressing the nation on the horrific elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. https://t.co/8WI1nWHu6R
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 25, 2022
Barack Obama took it to his Twitter account to express grief over the horrible shooting incident, “Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space.”
Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
He further said, “Michelle and I grieve with the families in Uvalde, who are experiencing pain no one should have to bear.”
Michelle and I grieve with the families in Uvalde, who are experiencing pain no one should have to bear.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
Alongside, he added, “We’re also angry for them. Over ten years after Sandy Hook—and ten days after Buffalo—our country is paralyzed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that has shown no willingness to act in any way that might help control such tragedies.”
We’re also angry for them. Nearly ten years after Sandy Hook—and ten days after Buffalo—our country is paralyzed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
“It’s long past time for action, any kind of action & it’s another tragedy—a quieter but no less tragic one—for families to wait another day, “said Obama.
It’s long past time for action, any kind of action. And it’s another tragedy—a quieter but no less tragic one—for families to wait another day.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
Along with this, Former President Obama highlighted, “May God bless the memory of the victims, and in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.”
May God bless the memory of the victims, and in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris also expressed mourning over the shooting and condemned the situation in Texas.
Through her social media account, she mentioned, “Tonight in Uvalde, Texas, there are parents who lost children. Families who have lost loved ones. And many who have been injured. As a nation, we must have the courage to take action and prevent this from ever happening again.”
Tonight in Uvalde, Texas, there are parents who lost children. Families who have lost loved ones. And many who have been injured.
As a nation, we must have the courage to take action and prevent this from ever happening again.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) May 25, 2022
While addressing media pre-Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr said, “When are we going to do something? I’m tired. I’m so tired of getting up here & offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. I’m tired of the moments of silence. Enough. There are 50 senators right now who refuse to vote on H.R. 8, which is a background check rule that the House passed [last year]. … There’s a reason they won’t vote on it: to hold on to power.
Steve Kerr on today’s tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas. pic.twitter.com/lsJ8RzPcmC
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 24, 2022
“I ask you, Mitch McConnell, and ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence, the school shootings, the supermarket shootings, I ask you, ‘Are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children, our elderly and our churchgoers?’ Because that’s what it looks like.”