Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the Nationwide Schooling Affiliation 2022 Annual Assembly and Consultant Meeting on the McCormick Conference Heart in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the Nationwide Schooling Affiliation 2022 Annual Assembly and Consultant Meeting on the McCormick Conference Heart in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, in Chicago to talk to a lecturers’ conference, addressed the July 4 mass capturing in Highland Park, Ailing., saying “We have to finish this horror. We have to cease this violence.”
Seven folks had been killed and dozens injured Monday when a shooter opened fireplace from a rooftop alongside a Fourth of July parade route within the suburban Chicago metropolis.
Harris stated July 4 “ought to have been a day to return along with household and buddies,” however as a substitute led to violence.
“We should shield our communities from the fear of gun violence. I’ve stated it earlier than, sufficient is sufficient,” Harris advised hundreds of lecturers gathered for the Nationwide Schooling Affiliation conference.
“Our nation continues to be mourning the lack of these 19 infants and their two lecturers in Uvalde,” Harris stated, her voice rising. “Academics shouldn’t must apply barricading a classroom. Academics shouldn’t must know how you can deal with a gunshot wound, and lecturers shouldn’t be advised that lives would have been saved if solely you had a gun,” she stated.
Later Tuesday, the vice chairman was to go to Highland Park on the invitation of Mayor Nancy Rotering. They had been accompanied by Illinois Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider, whose district consists of North Highland, and state Sen. Julie Morrison, who represents the world within the Illinois legislature.
Chatting with the NEA, Harris famous that Congress had handed some gun security measures within the wake of Uvalde, which President Joe Biden has signed into legislation, however she stated extra was wanted.
“Congress must have the braveness to behave and renew the assault weapons ban,” Harris stated.
“An assault weapon is designed to kill a variety of human beings shortly,” she stated.
“There isn’t a purpose we now have weapons of struggle on the streets of America. We’d like affordable gun security legal guidelines,” she stated.
Shortly after the capturing on Monday, Biden issued an announcement saying the legislation he signed 10 days earlier than will save lives. “However there may be way more work to do, and I am not going to surrender preventing the epidemic of gun violence.”
