holiday this afternoon with the ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier at our benton national cemetery. that was just a couple of hours after president biden addressed reporters outside of the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde texas. the president told reporters that they gathered on the south lawn. they said that there was no rational basis to the ability to persist high caliber assault weapons that could fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of uvalde, buffalo massacre which together left 31 people murdered was echoed by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86 year old ruth winfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we are not looking for a backseat. we know works on this. it includes having assau
arlington national cemetery. that was just a couple hours after president biden addressed reporters outside the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. the president told reporters gathered on the south lawn that there is, quote, no rational basis for the ability to purchase high-caliber assault weapons that can fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of the uvalde and buffalo massacre, which together left 31 people murdered, was ek code by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86-year-old ruth whitfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we re not looking for a vaccine. we know what works on this. it includes, let s have an assault weapons ban. background checks. why should anyone be able to buy a weapon th
classroom and opening fire. the suspect armed with an ar-15-style rifle, ultimately killed by police. and tonight, investigators say the suspect turned 18 just nine dys ago. and that he bought his ar-15-style rifle the next day. then another one just a few days later. and nine days after his birthday, he was here at this school. we are now learning more about the children tonight and their two teachers. some of the children getting end of the year awards the morning of the shooting. some of their parents, their loved ones were at the school not knowing it would be the last time they saw their children. and tonight here, my interview with a young father, the video he showed me of his daughter fishing with him. and what he s vowing to do tonight in honor of his daughter. also tonight, we have now learned how long it took to take down the gunman after his first encounter with police here in uvalde. and the officers inside the school, border patrol, sheriffs, police. now we hav
minutes of terror. officials say the gunman who murdered 19 children and two teachers was inside the uvalde, texas elementary school for 40 minutes if not longer. during that time, he murdered 21 innocent people. the families of the children you see on your screen, torn apart in a matter of seconds. their parents, brothers and sisters, friends, will never see them again. yesterday s attack has brought the number of shootings to four or more in the united states to 213 incidents this year alone. 213 incident where is four or more people have been shot. to put that into perspective, today is the 145th day of the year, which to do the basic comparison, mean there is have been more mass shootings than days in the year 2022. and there have been at least 30 shootings at k-12 schools already this year. this is unacceptable. but we must say it, it is the reality. and because there s been no action time after time after time again, it actually is accepted. and today, we heard from tex
and were just weeks away from summer break. he crashed his car on the school and was seen running on campus carrying two firearms which were purchased by ramos legally on his 18th birthday. two ar-style 15 rifles were posted. a lone gunman killed 20 children in the first and second grades as well as six adults in newtown, kentucky. joe biden said it s time to stand up to the gun lobby and pass common sense regulations. i am sick and tired. we have to act. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. i spent my career as a senator and as a vice president working to pass common sense gun laws. we can t and won t prevent every tragedy, but we know they work and have positive impact. when we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. when the law expired, mass shootings tripled. the idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons is just wrong. what in god s name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill som