{"id":454621,"date":"2022-05-29T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-to-meet-with-grieving-families-after-texas-shooting\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T16:02:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:02:37","slug":"biden-to-meet-with-grieving-families-after-texas-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-to-meet-with-grieving-families-after-texas-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden to meet with grieving families after Texas shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a412a693366d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a412a693366d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-to-meet-with-grieving-families-after-texas-shooting\/#%E2%80%9CBiden_to_meet_with_grieving_families_after_Texas_shooting%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Biden to meet with grieving families after Texas shooting&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBiden_to_meet_with_grieving_families_after_Texas_shooting%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Biden to meet with grieving families after Texas shooting&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> Sunday to Uvalde, Texas, to grieve with the families of the 21 victims of last week\u2019s massacre at an elementary school, huddle with first responders and attend Mass at a Catholic church in the community.<\/p>\n<p>His visit to the scene of last Tuesday\u2019s mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers comes less than two weeks from when Biden and the first lady traveled to Buffalo where an 18-year-old shooter steeped in racist ideology slaughtered 10 black people at a supermarket.<\/p>\n<p>The president spoke about the mass killings at Robb Elementary school and Tops Friendly Markets in his address to students Saturday at the\u00a0University of Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear, evil came to that elementary school classroom in Texas and that grocery store in New York,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWe cannot outlaw tragedy, I know, but we can make America safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he spoke in Delaware, Vice President Kamala Harris was in Buffalo to attend the funeral for Ruth Whitfield, 86, one of the 10 slain at the grocery store on May 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/texas-shooting-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Crime scene tape surrounds Robb Elementary School.\" class=\"wp-image-22455460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/texas-shooting-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/texas-shooting-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/texas-shooting-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cWe cannot outlaw tragedy, I know, but we can make America safer,\u201d President Biden said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jae C. Hong\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a brief speech at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, the vice president said \u201cenough is enough\u201d as she recounted other recent mass killings across the nation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a through line to what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened here in Buffalo, in Texas, in Atlanta, in Orlando, what happened at the synagogues and so this is a moment that requires all good people, all God-loving people, to stand up and say \u2018we will not stand for this,&#8217;\u201d Harris said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later, talking to reporters, the vice president said assault weapons should be banned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what an assault weapon is? You know how an assault weapon was designed?\u201d Harris said. \u201cIt was designed for a specific purpose \u2013 to kill a lot of human beings quickly. An assault weapon is a weapon of war with no place, no place in a civil society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The killers in Buffalo and Uvalde were both 18 and both used AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles to carry out their carnage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bidens will arrive on Air Force One in San Antonio around 11 a.m. EST and take Marine One to Uvalde.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They will pay their respects to the shooting victims during a visit to a memorial at Robb Elementary before attending Mass at Sacred Heart Cathlolic Church.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/texas-shooting-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Robb Elementary School.\" class=\"wp-image-22455459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/texas-shooting-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/texas-shooting-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/texas-shooting-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Bidens will pay their respects during a visit to a memorial at Robb Elementary before attending Mass.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jae C. Hong\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bidens will also meet separately with the families of the victims and the first responders.<\/p>\n<p>Both meetings are expected to happen behind closed doors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The visit to Uvalde comes amid outrage after police waited for more than an hour before confronting shooter Salvador Ramos and raised questions over whether a faster response would have saved the lives of some of the students.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-texas-school-shooting-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden.\" class=\"wp-image-22455461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-texas-school-shooting-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-texas-school-shooting-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-texas-school-shooting-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Bidens will also meet with first responders.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Ernst\/REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The visit to Uvalde comes amid outrage after police waited for more than an hour to confront shooter Salvador Ramos and raised questions over whether a faster response would have saved the lives of some of the students.<\/p>\n<p>As officers waited in the school\u2019s hallway multiple students inside the locked classroom called 911 pleading for help.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy at Uvalde has also rekindled the debate over gun control measures and whether assault weapons like those used by Ramos and Payton Gendron in Buffalo should be banned as they were between 1994 and 2004.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senators are expected to vote next month on two bills already passed by the House that would expand background checks for would-be gun buyers as lawmakers try to hammer out a compromise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden, speaking at the White House on the evening of the Texas shooting, called for new gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t and won\u2019t prevent every tragedy, but we know [gun laws] work and have a positive impact.\u00a0When we passed the Assault Weapons Ban [in 1994], mass\u00a0shootings went down. When the law expired [in 2004],\u00a0mass shootings tripled,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons, it\u2019s just wrong. What in God\u2019s name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill someone? Deer aren\u2019t running through the forest with Kevlar vests on for God\u2019s sake,\u201d he said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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