Thousands of Americans took to the streets of the country on Saturday to demand better surveillance of guns in the wake of the recent killings. They received the support of President Joe Biden.
In Washington, D.C., thousands of them gathered under the dark sky to “stop the carnage,” according to one of the other signs: “One child is worth more than your gun”, “Enough is enough”.
“I join them in reiterating my call to Congress: do something,” US President Joe Biden wrote on Twitter in support of the protests in hundreds of cities across the country.
At the meeting, which targeted Republicans opposed to the reforms, Washington-based Cynthia Martின்nez said, “Minorities have violated the will of the American people. Nine years ago, after the bloodshed in Sandy Hook that killed 26 people, including 20 children, in 2012, his association organized a demonstration at the same place. , This 63 year old woman is sorry.
Increase in violence
On May 24, an 18-year-old high school student shot and killed 19 schoolchildren and two female teachers with an assault rifle at an elementary school in Wolde, Texas, near the Mexican border. A few days ago, an 18-year-old white supremacist murdered ten black people in Buffalo in the Northeastern United States.
“We’re here to say enough is enough,” said Cornell Whitfield, the son of an 86 – year – old woman who was killed by a buffalo. “We stand with those who have the courage to demand a fair gun law,” he added.