American people and relatives of multiple shooting victims: the government’s gun control inaction is hard to heal
At least 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Rob Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on the 24th local time. This is the deadliest shooting incident in an American elementary school in the past decade, which once again sparked a discussion about gun control in American society. Some Americans said that the US government’s inaction on gun control has led to such a tragedy, which is infuriating.
Uvalde resident Rosie: It’s so sad that we’re going through this, I’m really sad. It’s very annoying that our government is doing nothing about gun control.
American people: The prospect of government gun control inaction is not optimistic
Regarding the issue of gun violence and gun control in the United States, some Americans said that they are not optimistic about the prospect of mitigating gun violence in the United States, because the US government has no intention to protect the safety of the people.
Chicago resident Summers: I think prayer and reflection will follow, but you’ll never see real change. No matter how desperately this country needs change, the leaders of this country have no intention of keeping us safe.
Chicago resident Mesa: When it comes to whether there will be any changes, I’m not optimistic. There have been too many shootings, and we’ve been arguing about it for a week or two, and then people just forget about it. This has to change and we need to reverse people’s thinking about gun control, but I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon.
Families of victims of multiple school shootings: Losing loved ones is hard to heal
After a shooting at a primary school in Texas, many survivors of previous school shootings and relatives of victims spoke out, pointing out that school shootings occur frequently in the United States, and the pain caused to people is difficult to heal, calling for stronger gun control and accusing the US government Failure to act has caused tragedies that could have been avoided to happen again and again.
Erica Rafti, Family of Victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Connecticut, 2012: It’s really hard to deal with and it’s not going away. I mean, as soon as the news of the Texas elementary school shooting came out, my brain went back to where the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was at the time, and I can’t get rid of that feeling. It’s hard to think about the progress we’ve made since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some action by the states, but no action at the federal level.
Manuel Oliver, Family of 2018 Parkland School Shooting Victims: My son’s name was Joaquin Oliver, he was killed on February 14, 2018, when he was 17 years old, at school. (Seeing this Texas school shooting) I’m frustrated, but I’m not surprised. We are no longer surprised that this happened, it sucks. This should be very shocking news anywhere else, but it’s just an ordinary day in the US for school shootings. In fact, because we’re talking about children, and we’re talking about the emotional side of society, that’s why we’re seeing so many people talking about it, but there was a mass shooting a week ago, and for some reason no one’s talking about the New York cloth anymore. The Faroes shooting because of our poor memory, our anti-gun lobby and the gun industry is strong, and our politicians decided to stand with them, not us.
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