police in the united states who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attack appears to have been carefully planned and targeted. audrey hale, a former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children all nine years old, before being shot and killed by officers. there ve already been 130 mass shootings in the us this year alone. a mass shooting is when at least four people are shot in one attack. since january, nearly 10,000 people have died at the hands of firearms. and more than 400 of those have been children under the age of 18. earlier, us presidentjoe biden spoke to reporters. the majority of american people think having assault rifles is bizarre. i can t do anything but plead to the congress. let s hear from nashville s chief of police. we have interviewed the parents of audrey hale and we determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here legally. they were legally purchased. three of those
of band, any kind of restriction would be an infringement upon american people s constitutional right to own guns. if not familiar narrative that we always hear when we cover mass shootings which has sadly become such a always common occurrence in american society. nomia iqbal, for the time being, thank you. nomia iqbaljoining us live from nashville. let s pick up on some of what she said. mathew littman is the executive of director of 97percent, it s a bipartisan organisation focused on gun legislation. mathew, you were also a speech writerforjoe biden while he was a senator. i m just guessing the type of speech you would have written forjoe biden as president when it comes to what we are seeing here. we are hearing that this former pupil had bought seven firearms legally. imilli that this former pupil had bought seven firearms legally. seven firearms legally. will first of all, if i were seven firearms legally. will first of all, if i were writing - seven firearms legally. will fi