President Biden and Vice President Harris urged Congress to pass stronger gun control measures in separate comments Wednesday night, hours after a mass shooting at a Super Bowl championship parade in Kansas City, Missouri. Ta.
Biden issued a statement urging Americans across the country to join him in recommending that lawmakers specifically ban assault weapons, among other gun laws.
“It’s time to take action. That’s my position. And I ask the nation to stand with me. To make your voices heard in Congress, to finally ban assault weapons and “We need to limit high-capacity magazines, strengthen background checks, strengthen background checks, and take guns out of the hands of people who don’t need to own or handle them,” Biden said.
The president said the shooting at the victory parade “traumatized the American soul deeply,” and insisted, “We know what we have to do, and all we need is the courage to do it.”
At least one person killed, 22 injured in shooting at Chiefs Super Bowl parade in Kansas City
President Biden and Vice President Harris urge lawmakers to pass tougher gun control measures after Wednesday’s shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade left at least one person dead and 22 injured. asked to do so. (Getty Images)
Citing the gun violence epidemic, Biden cited several mass shootings in other parts of the country on Wednesday, saying Americans should be able to go to school, go to church without fear of being shot. , said he had the right to walk the streets and attend Super Bowl celebrations. he was killed
“The gun violence epidemic is tearing families and communities apart every day. Some make the news, some don’t. But all of it is unacceptable. You have to decide who you are.”
He offered prayers for the victims and asked Americans to “find the resolve to end this senseless epidemic.”
Kansas City radio DJ, mother of two killed in shooting after Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration
Before departing for Munich, Germany, Harris told reporters on the tarmac that Wednesday was supposed to be a day of celebration in Kansas City, but “Americans have committed yet another senseless act of gun violence. “It was the day I experienced it,” he said.
“The reality is that many of these incidents could be prevented if members of Congress, including Congress, had the courage to act on reasonable gun safety laws,” Harris said. “And I think it’s really important for everyone to understand that it doesn’t have to be this way, it doesn’t have to be this way.”
The vice president also offered a prayer for the families and communities of the victims before boarding Air Force 2.
Thousands of Kansas City Chiefs fans were attending the team’s Super Bowl III championship parade on Wednesday when gunfire left at least one person dead and at least 22 others injured. (David Urit/Getty Images)
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One woman was killed and 22 others were injured when gunshots rang out during the Chiefs’ victory parade near the Union Station parking lot in Kansas City at around 2 p.m. local time. The woman was identified as Lisa Lopez Galván, a mother of two and a local radio DJ.
Eleven children were also injured in the shooting, but were expected to recover as of Wednesday night. Nine of them were shot and two suffered other injuries.
Kansas City Police Chief Stacy Graves announced Wednesday night that three people were in custody and at least one weapon was recovered by police.
