{"id":1490717,"date":"2022-05-24T20:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T00:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1490717"},"modified":"2022-05-24T20:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T00:59:43","slug":"biden-blames-gun-lobby-for-texas-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-blames-gun-lobby-for-texas-mass-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Blames \u201cGun Lobby\u201d for Texas Mass Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-blames-gun-lobby-for-texas-mass-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1490717&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Tuesday evening in the wake of a devastating <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-mass-shooting-at-texas-elementary-school-two-children-dead-multiple-injuries\/\">shooting<\/a> at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex. 18 children were killed along with two adults. Suspect Salvador Ramos, 18, is believed to have been killed by officers responding to Robb Elementary School. Ramos also shot and killed his grandmother prior to going on the rampage.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I hoped when I became President I would not have to do this again,&#8221; Biden began. &#8220;Another massacre, Uvalde, Texas.&#8221; He spoke about the tragedy that befell the children, teachers and families in the small community, and expressed his own grief. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden blames &#8220;the gun lobby&#8221; for the tragedy at a Texas school today where a 18-year-old psychopath killed 18 children. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t9OnyKATMy\">pic.twitter.com\/t9OnyKATMy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1529264098621263872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away,&#8221; he said. Biden has lost two of his own children. \u00a0And he quoted scripture as a means to try to make sense of the horrific events of the afternoon. He asked the nation to pray for those families &#8220;in the darkness they feel right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>But Biden quickly pivoted to attacking the &#8220;gun lobby.&#8221; &#8220;As a nation we have to ask when in God&#8217;s name we&#8217;re gonna stand up to the gun lobby. When in God&#8217;s name, when we all know in our gut what needs to be done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;We have to act,&#8221; he said, after listing off many other school shootings he&#8217;s witnessed during his political career, as well as the tragic grocery store shooting in Buffalo, NY. He demanded &#8220;common sense gun laws,&#8221; and said that the assault weapons ban he had enacted reduced gun violence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>He condemned gun shops for selling assault weapons to 18-year-olds. The shooter in Uvalde had a hand gun and a rifle. &#8220;What in God&#8217;s name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill someone?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just sick. The gun manufacturers have spent two decades aggressively market assault weapons which make them the most and largest profit. For God&#8217;s sake we have to have the courage to stand up to the industry. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s what else I know. Most Americans support common sense laws, common sense gun laws,&#8221; he said, comparing the US unfavorably to Asian nations that do not have these kinds of mass shootings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;What struck me was these kinds of mass shootings rarely happen anywhere else in the world,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Why? They have mental health problems. They have domestic disputes in other countries. They have people who are lost these kinds of nationals never happened. The kind of frequency they happen in America. Why? Why are we willing to live with this carnage?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t we keep letting this happen? We&#8217;re in God&#8217;s name is our backbone to the courage to deal with and stand up to the lobbies,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time to turn this pain to action for every parent for every citizen of this country. We have to make it clear to every elected official in this country: It&#8217;s time to act. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time for those who obstruct or delay or block the common sense gun laws. We need to let you know that we will not forget. We can do so much more. We have to do more. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Our prayer tonight, to those parents lying in bed trying to figure out &#8216;will I be able to sleep again? &#8216;What do I say to my other children? What happens tomorrow?&#8217; <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>May God bless the loss of innocent life on this sad day. May the Lord be near the brokenhearted and save those crushed in spirit. They&#8217;re going to need a lot of help a lot of our prayers God love you,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Biden declined to take questions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In the brief hours after the shooting, politicians and pundits all tried to assess the shooting, the shooter, and the motivations and circumstances that enabled and facilitated the tragedy in line with narratives of gun control, mental health, immigration, and other issues. 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