It’s on the same scale as Sandy Hook almost a decade ago when 20 young lives were taken, and this time it’s in Texas.
Nineteen primary school children have died. Innocent young people, aged between six and twelve, from 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade, as well as a teacher.
An archbishop comforts families outside the Civic Center after a deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. (AP)
All shot by an 18-year-old man who opened fire with a pistol and an alleged military rifle.
The gunman himself was shot by police, and is another tragic loss of life that happens with a sleepy regularity in the United States.
This year alone they have had 200 mass shootings, almost one a day, and the sad truth is that they will continue to happen unless American politicians finally have the courage to take up arms.
Prayers for 18 children and three adults who died in a mass shooting at Robb d’Uvalde Elementary School on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP)
They have to look at Australia, because we have led the world in that.
Former Prime Minister John Howard took a major political risk in cracking down on arms ownership with the national repurchase plan after 35 people were killed in our worst massacre in Port Arthur.
A gun rally in Hobart following the Port Arthur massacre. (AAP)
We have avoided gun crime and unnecessary loss of life that thoughts and prayers do nothing to stop in the US.
U.S. politicians who continue to accept millions of dollars in donations from the gun lobby are believed to be refusing to see the connection between guns and mass shootings.
The governor of Texas, who now regrets the loss of these children, is the man who pushed his state to lift the game with guns.
Former Prime Minister John Howard took a major political risk in cracking down on gun ownership following the mass shooting. (Supplied)
He tweeted in 2015, after the embarrassing Sandy Hook massacre.
Texas was the number two in the nation behind California for new arms purchases and urged Texans to pick up the pace – tweeting the message with a link to the self-proclaimed NRA – the National Rifle Association. the oldest civil rights organization in America.
The right to bear arms is considered a civil right because it is rooted in the constitution.
But there are no civilian-owned military-grade weapons or machine guns when this became a right, and there are simply no balances and balances to keep the arsenals that should be limited to armies out of the hands of individuals who can trigger the kind of damage that we do. now i see it in texas.
Unless the United States takes drastic measures against weapons and lays the groundwork, such as tightening background checks, school shootings like this will unfortunately continue to happen in the U.S.
Thank God John Howard took his position here.