US President Joe Bidencondemned the shooting on Monday that has claimed the lives of three minors and three adults in a school in Nashville (Tennessee) and stressed that we must do "further" to protect schools.
"We must do more to stop gun violence. We must do more to protect our schools so they don’t become prisons. I ask Congress again to pass my ban on firearms"she said at the start of a Washington summit on women entrepreneurs.
Biden considered that what happened, the "families worst nightmare"is "sickly".
Three minors and three adults died in the shooting at a Christian private school in Nashville, in which the alleged attacker, identified as a 28-year-old woman, was killed by police. The young woman herself was carrying two rifles and a pistol.
The White House reacted to what happened by demanding that legislators take more action against assault weapons.
"How many more children have to be killed before Republicans in Congress will step up and pass the assault weapons ban? (…) "We must do more. (Biden) He wants Congress to act. Stop"said the spokeswoman for the US Presidency, Karine Jean-Pierre, at a press conference.
The Covenant school, where the attack took place, is a private center that serves students from preschool to sixth gradethat is, up to about 11 years.
So far this year, there have been at least 30 reported incidents involving firearms in schools in the United States, which have left 8 dead and 23 injured, according to data from the organization Everytown for Gun Safety.
