The Republican vice-presidential candidate used the Georgia school shooting to argue that restrictive gun laws are “not going to solve” the problem of attacks.
The Republican candidate for vice president of the United States of America, JD Vance, referred to attacks such as the one that occurred at a school in Georgia that caused four deaths last Wednesday as a “fact of life” in the United States of America (USA), despite “not liking” seeing news of this kind. “But if you are a psychopath and you want to make headlines, schools are an easy target,” said the senator from Ohio, at a Republican Party event on Wednesday evening, during the presidential election campaign in Phoenix, California.
JD Vance stressed that it is “necessary to increase security” in schools. So, “if a psychopath walks through the door and kills a bunch of kids,” he cannot do it. However, Donald Trump’s number two candidate stated that, as a father, he “does not want” his “children” to go to a “place where there has to be additional security.” “But it is the reality in which we live” justified.
During the speech, JD Vance claimed that in states with “significant gun restrictions” there are “huge school shootings.” “And in states without restrictions on gun laws, some of them also have school shootings. Clearly, “Restrictive gun laws are not what will solve this problem.”He criticized the Democrats’ proposal, which calls for strict controls over the acquisition, use and carrying of weapons.
The Ohio senator has put Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, squarely in his sights. For JD Vance, the current vice president’s “answer” to these attacks on schools is to “take away the guns” and keep them “away from American citizens.” “That’s what Kamala Harris wants to do. I don’t like it.”
In response, Kamala Harris’s candidacy criticized JD Vance’s statements on X (formerly Twitter): “Vice President Harris and Gov. [Tim] Walz knows they can act to keep children safe and keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Donald Trump and JD Vance will always choose the lobby of weapons instead of our children,” the note reads.
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– Kamala Headquarters (@KamalaHQ) September 6, 2024
Last Wednesday, four people were killed and nine injured in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. A 14-year-old boy, who attends the school, was arrested after turning himself in.
US confirms two students and two teachers dead and nine injured in an attack on a school in Georgia
Source: Observadora
