Biden marks 25th anniversary of Columbine shooting

President Biden on Saturday joined other members of his administration to mark the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre and attempted bombing.

On April 20, 1999, two 12th graders killed 12 students and a teacher and injured more than 20 others in Colorado’s deadliest mass shooting.

Mr. Biden expressed his sympathy as follows: Saturday’s statement Even in social media posts in memory of the victims.

“Today marks 25 years since 13 innocent lives were taken at Columbine High School,” the president said. Biden wrote on social media site X.

Biden said in a statement that Columbine, the deadliest mass shooting at a K-12 school at the time, was followed by hundreds of other school shootings. It pointed out.

“Since Columbine, there have been more than 400 school shootings, from Newtown to Parkland to Uvalde, and more than 370,000 students have been exposed to the fear of gun violence. “Before students learn to read and write, they are learning how to bend and cover,” he wrote.

Biden “signed the most significant gun safety reform in nearly 30 years” but said Congress “needs to do more.”

We need universal background checks, a national red flag law, and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”

Vice President Harris echoed Biden’s call for change.

After expressing sympathy for the families and survivors of Columbine, Harris touted the work she and Biden have done to strengthen gun control.

“Twenty-five years after the Columbine High School massacre, @POTUS And I took historic action to close loopholes at gun shows and ensure fewer guns are sold without background checks,” she wrote to X. “Now Congress must save lives and pass universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons.”

all Saturday Press conference, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Biden administration continues to pray for victims of gun violence.

“As the president said, this is not normal and it has to end,” she said.