Two more shootings in the United States in the last few hours with a death toll of three and five injured .
A grown man shot and killed two women and then took his own life in a parking lot outside a church in Ames , Iowa, the Story County sheriff told local press. A periodic event for youth ministry was in progress in the church.
In Wisconsin, on the other hand, shooting during a funeral at Graceland Cemetery : several people were giving their last farewell to 37-year-old Da'Shontay Lucas King Jr. "At 2:26 local time several gunshots were fired at Graceland Cemetery. Investigations are underway. "says the police. Five wounded, the relatives of the deceased hit.
BIDEN: "IT IS ENOUGH" - "That's enough. After Columbine, Sandy Hook, Orlando and Las Vegas nothing has been done. This time we have to act" on weapons because hospitals and schools have become "extermination camps here in America". Joe Biden is calling for strong action in Congress in light of more than 230 mass shootings since the beginning of the year , the most serious being those in Uvalde and Buffalo .
"How many more carnage are we willing to accept? The Senate must do something. It is unacceptable and immoral the refusal of some Republicans even to start the debate", says the American president from the Cross Hall of the White House where candles were placed in honor of victims of firearms.
"We have to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines ," he continues. "If we cannot ban them" then we should "raise the age from 18 to 21 and strengthen purchase controls", he adds, also asking for the "outrageous" protections existing for arms manufacturers to be abolished.
The Second Amendment that guarantees the right to possess weapons and for years it has been the shield of arms supporters and republicans who hold it sacred, "it is not absolute and does not provide for unlimited rights" , thunders the president, stating that "they do not want to snatch rights from anyone. we want is to protect our children, for whom guns are the number one cause of death. We want to protect communities ", explains Biden, recalling how" machine guns have been federally regulated for almost 90 years but the United States is still a country. free "and with rights.
"If Congress fails, I think this time not even the majority of Americans will give up," he concludes knowing full well that the Democrats right now do not have the numbers in the Senate to force their hand.
(Unioneonline / D)