The former US president makes his position clear during the controversial act of the National Rifle Association after the Uvalde massacre
Former President Donald Trump has attended this Friday the annual convention of the National Rifle Association (NRA, for its acronym in English) in Houston, in the state of Texas, where he has rejected stricter control of weapons in the United States.
In the framework of tensions over the massacre at the Robb elementary school in Uvalde, the former president indicated, during the event, that “the existence of evil is one of the best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens” , according to the Bloomberg news agency.
In his speech, Trump has charged against the Democrats for “polarizing the population”, and has demanded to prioritize the financing of school security over humanitarian aid to Ukraine, arguing that the United States spends some 40,000 million dollars in arming kyiv.
The measures suggested by Trump, among others, are to increase support for the mental health of young people, to deal with “broken families”, single points of entry in schools, including surveillance, as well as allowing teachers to use weapons in non-visible places, according to the aforementioned agency.
Trump confirmed his attendance at the NRA convention on Wednesday, saying the country “needs real solutions and real leadership” right now. “That is why I will keep my commitment to speak in Texas at the NRA convention and deliver an important message to America,” he wrote on his own network, Truth Social.
The meeting was also attended by Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, and other key figures of the Republican Party, although the governor of Texas, Greg Abbot, and the lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, have canceled their participation due to intense criticism about the police device during the Uvalde shooting.
“Never mind the horror. Texas’ response to evil has always been one of unity, strength and resilience. Uvalde is strong. Texas is strong. The entire country is next to the grieving families in Uvalde », Cruz indicated at the event, according to what she has collected on her official Twitter profile.
Cruz has called shooters who commit massacres and shoot “deliberately” at the American population “lunatics” and “monsters.” “They are the picture of evil,” she said, adding that issues like chronic isolation, declining church attendance, or video games aggravate the situation.
“What stops the bad armed guys are the good armed guys,” he said, recalling that the important thing is to support the families, friends and acquaintances of the 19 minors and the two teachers who lost their lives at the hands of Salvador Ramos , the Uvalde shooter.
The NRA’s argument for the shooter’s mental health is the same one Republicans have been using to justify easy access to guns, from Abbott to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Although Abbott has not attended in person, he has released a video in which he explains that gun control laws throughout the United States have not prevented “crazy people from committing evil acts.”
The celebration of this new conference of the powerful arms lobby of the United States takes place less than 450 kilometers from where this 18-year-old broke in with a legally purchased AR-15 assault rifle and murdered 19 children and two of their teachers.
In the early hours of Tuesday, Ramos, after shooting his grandmother – who is in serious condition – broke into the first school in Uvalde, Texas, where he executed 19 children and two teachers after barricading himself with them in one of the classrooms. . Another 17 people were injured, although most were released.
Ramos, whose motivations are unknown, was finally shot down by a United States Border Police agent who was off duty, but who was the first to go along with two other agents to the scene.
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