THE Joe Biden arrived in the city today Ovalde of Texass, five days after primary school massacreto express his sympathy and support to families mourning their children and both teachers who were shot dead in this incident, which shocked America and brought the debate back for firearms.
“We can not make dramas illegal, I know. But we can make America safer.” asked the president of the United States on Saturday, expressing his regret that “in so many places, so many innocent people have lost their lives.”
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed on Tuesday at Rob’s school in the small town of Uvalde from the bullets of just 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, in one of the worst shootings in recent years in the country.
The 79-year-old Democrat, who has lost two of his children – his daughter when he was still a baby in a car accident and an adult son from cancer – he talked about his own pain shortly after the massacre.
“Losing a child is like uprooting a part of your soul.” he said on Tuesday. “Nothing is the same again.”
“Arms lobby”
In Uwalde the Biden couple will initially go to monument erected to the victims in front of the elementary school, before attending a memorial prayer at noon.
In the afternoon Biden will meet the families of the victims and survivors of the massacre and will then talk to members of the rescue teams.
Having experienced the loss of his children, Joe Biden will undoubtedly be able to find words for the pain of relatives.
But the head of state can hardly promise action to those who demand stricter control of firearms.
The very slim Democratic majority in the House does not allow him to pass just one important piece of legislation on the subject.
Elected members of his camp must persuade some Republicans to obtain the necessary qualified majority.
The White House, reluctant to involve Joe Biden heavily in the political battle, said Thursday that it “needs the help of Congress” through its spokeswoman, Karin Jean-Pierre.
Negotiations are under way, and some considered it possible today application of more restrictive laws. THE Democratic Sen. Dick Darbin he said he felt “a different mentality” among his counterparts.
It remains to be seen whether Republicans will “show political courage,” he told CNN.
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