{"id":1749744,"date":"2022-11-23T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749744"},"modified":"2022-11-23T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:17:55","slug":"biden-pushes-greater-action-cracking-down-on-gun-rights-after-walmart-manager-kills-with-handgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-greater-action-cracking-down-on-gun-rights-after-walmart-manager-kills-with-handgun\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Pushes \u2018Greater Action\u2019 Cracking Down On Gun Rights After Walmart Manager Kills With Handgun"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-pushes-greater-action-cracking-down-on-gun-rights-after-walmart-manager-kills-with-handgun%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=1749744&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--><p>President Joe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\">Biden<\/a> released a statement Wednesday pushing for \u201cgreater action\u201d to be taken clamping down on Americans\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/second-amendment\">Second Amendment<\/a> rights after a Walmart supervisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breakroom-bloodbath-virginia-walmart-manager-guns-down-6-in-late-night-rampage\">killed<\/a> several people with a handgun this week.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting at the Walmart happened Tuesday night in Chesapeake, Virginia, when the supervisor reportedly walked into the store\u2019s employee breakroom and opened fire, killing at least six people before turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of yet another horrific and senseless act of violence, there are now even more tables across the country that will have empty seats this Thanksgiving,\u201d Biden said in a statement. \u201cThere are now more families who know the worst kind of loss and pain imaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, I signed the most significant gun reform in a generation, but that is not nearly enough,\u201d Biden added. \u201cWe must take greater action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walmart responded to the tragedy by saying the company was \u201cshocked\u201d by the tragedy and that they were \u201cpraying for those impacted, the community and our associates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company added that it was \u201cworking closely with law enforcement, and we are focused on supporting our associates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately known if all the victims were store employees, what the gunman\u2019s motive was, or what type of handgun he used. The body of one victim was found near the front of the store. At least five victims were being treated at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am devastated by the senseless act of violence that took place late last night in our City,\u201d Chesapeake Mayor Rick West said <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutChesapeake\/status\/1595367124670767106?s=20&#038;t=d6j7GztRA9e3yPzrZbhigw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a statement<\/a>. \u201cMy prayers are with all those affected \u2014 the victims, their family, their friends, and their coworkers. I am grateful for the quick actions taken by our first responders who rushed to the scene. Chesapeake is a tightknit community and we are all shaken by this news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, who just last week mourned victims of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alleged-uva-gunman-nabbed-dead-victims-idd-as-3-members-of-football-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass shooting<\/a> on the campus of University of Virginia, issued a statement early Wednesday decrying the horrific incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts break with the community of Chesapeake this morning,\u201d Youngkin tweeted. \u201cI remain in contact with law enforcement officials throughout this morning and have made available any resources as this investigation move forward. Heinous acts of violence have no place in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Walmart employee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11460099\/Multiple-people-dead-injured-Virginia-manager-opens-fire-Walmart.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave reporters at the scene<\/a> a chilling account of the tragedy and said that the killer was a store supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the manager,\u201d the employee reportedly said. \u201cOne of the managers. He blew his brains out and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe killed the girl in there and everything,\u201d the employee continued. \u201cHe came in and started spraying. I\u2019m sorry for the victims. I just left the break room, the manager came in there and started capping people up in there, started shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden released a statement Wednesday pushing for \u201cgreater action\u201d to be taken clamping down on Americans\u2019 Second Amendment rights after a Walmart supervisor killed several people with a handgun this week. 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