Many have called for a ban on firearms in the United States following two recent deadly gun attacks. The group was joined by US Vice President Kamala Harris. He called for a ban on firearms at the funeral of a man killed in a gun attack. News from the BBC.
On May 14, a 17-year-old gunman shot dead 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. One of the dead was 8-year-old Ruth Whitfield. Orange Harris attended Ruth Whitfield's funeral on Saturday, United States time. From there, he demanded a ban on firearms.
Ten days after the Buffalo attack, 19 schoolchildren and two teachers were killed in an indiscriminate shooting by an 18-year-old gunman at an elementary school in Texas. "It's time to dump her and move on," Harris said.
Addressing the mourners at the funeral, Harris said, "Everyone must agree and take a stand. This will not happen again in our country." We should have the courage to do something about it. The two obvious solutions are to find the gunman's past and ban firearms.
The US vice president also explained what kind of firearms (assault weapons) he was talking about banning. He said, 'Do you know what kind of firearms we are talking about? Weapons that are made for a specific purpose, that is, to kill a large number of people in a short period of time.
"These are weapons of war," Harris said at the time. These weapons are made for war. These weapons have no place in civil society.
The gunman who attacked a school in Uvalde, Texas last Tuesday was 18 years old. He used a semi-automatic rifle called the AR-15.
He had two AR-15s. The gunman killed 19 children and their two teachers instantly with the gun. He bought these guns shortly after his birthday. Police fired a gunman after gunfire in the school of Abeld. Police recovered 1,656 bullets and 70 magazines from him.