The president of the United States, Joe Biden, asked himself in a speech to the nation when his country will stand before the "lobby" of weapons, after the death of 18 minors in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas.
"As a nation we have to ask ourselves when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby, when in God’s name are we going to do what deep down we know to do"Biden said in a speech at the White House after the massacre in the town of Uvalde, Texas.
The shooting is the second largest in a school in a decade in the United States and Biden recalled in his speech how 26 people, including 21 children, died at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut ten years ago.
Noting that since then there have been 900 shootings with firearms in schools in the country, including the one at Parkland High School in 2018 with 17 deaths, Biden regretted having to relive such an episode.
"I’m tired. We have to act. We all know what to do"stressed the president, visibly affected, once again sending a message to the legislators of his country to regulate arms control.
He wondered why Americans have to continue to live with these "butcher shops" and why this is the only country in which massacres of this type take place.
And he insisted on the need to convert "pain in action" and have the "courage" to stand up to pro-gun lobbyists. "For every parent, for every citizen of this country, we need to make it clear to every elected official in America that now is the time to act."he repeated.