“A weak dog, everything is fleas,” says the proverb. The election campaign of Donald Trump is not making progress, with a candidate unable to set the policy agenda or pace of the contest. His choice of ticketing partner hasn’t helped either, as Democrats have used the paper’s archives to attack him since he was nominated, but JD Vance is once again in the spotlight for statements related to the high school shooting that left four people dead this week.
The Republican vice presidential nominee said at a campaign event in Phoenix about the massacre: “I don’t like it. I don’t want to admit it. I don’t like that it’s a reality. But if you’re a psychopath and you want to make headlines, you are aware that Our schools are easy targets“.
Vance called for “preparation,” calling for increased security at schools “so that someone who walks in the front door and wants to kill a bunch of kids can’t do that.” “As a parent, do I want my kids’ school to have extra security? No, of course not. But it’s becoming more and more common. the reality we live in” he said.
The shooting brought the debate over gun ownership and purchase in the United States to the forefront of the campaign. The event gave Democrats reclaim the flag of gun controlwhich is traditionally opposed by Republicans, who raise the Second Amendment to avoid it.
The Democratic candidate herself, Kamala Harrisresponded to Vance’s statements via his social media account We can take steps to protect our childrenand we will do it.”
Your election ticket companion, Tim Walztweeted that Vance’s message was “pathetic.” “We cannot abandon our children, they deserve better” wrote the current governor of Minnesota.
Ammar MoussaDemocratic campaign spokesman, went further, tweeting that “Trump and Vance They will always choose the National Rifle Association and the gun lobby against our children. “That’s the choice in this election.”
The gun issue is something Harris knows well, as he leads the White House Office on Gun Violence PreventionFrom that organization, he has promoted measures to increase controls on the purchase and possession of weapons, such as banning repeating weapons like the AR-15. He also promised earlier this year a legal framework for police to confiscate weapons from owners a judge deems dangerous.
Harris helped negotiate and approve the 2022 Community Safety Actthe most ambitious legislation in three decades of gun control.
In the shootings in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday, Colt Gray, 14, entered the school with the gun, killing two students and two teachers and wounding nine others. The boy, who surrendered after being surrounded, had already been investigated and interviewed by the FBI in 2023 for posting threats online with pictures of guns. The father said at the time that he had guns at home, but that the child did not have access to them without supervision. Now, the parent will be tried for involuntary manslaughter, while the minor will be prosecuted as an adult and charged with homicide.
