[ti:Texas Gunman Locked Classroom, Shot Students, Teachers]
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[00:00.04]An 18-year-old gunman killed at least 19 students
[00:05.52]and two teachers at a elementary school Tuesday
[00:10.20]in the American state of Texas.
[00:13.84]Several other people hurt in the attack remain at local hospitals.
[00:19.52]The attack took place at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
[00:25.76]Officials said the gunman locked himself inside
[00:29.96]a fourth-grade classroom and started shooting.
[00:34.36]He used a rifle purchased just days ago, after his 18th birthday.
[00:41.64]The attack ended when law enforcement officers
[00:45.20]broke into the classroom and killed the shooter.
[00:49.76]Lieutenant Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety
[00:55.48]told CNN that the gunman "barricaded himself by locking the door
[01:01.20]and just started shooting children
[01:03.52]and teachers that were inside that classroom."
[01:07.56]Officials identified the gunman as Salvador Ramos.
[01:12.64]He was a member of the community
[01:15.28]in the mainly Hispanic town of Uvalde.
[01:19.96]The town is about 135 kilometers west of San Antonio
[01:25.76]and near the Mexico border.
[01:28.96]Ramos, officials said, acted alone.
[01:32.24]He had shot his grandmother earlier
[01:35.48]and crashed his car before entering the school.
[01:40.20]The attack happened just two days
[01:42.84]before the last day of the school year.
[01:47.32]It was the deadliest shooting at an elementary school
[01:52.00]since the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School
[01:55.80]in Newtown, Connecticut.
[01:57.84]A local gunman killed 20 students and six adults in 2012.
[02:04.84]Tuesday night, American President Joe Biden addressed the nation
[02:10.20]shortly after his return from a five-day trip in Asia.
[02:15.20]"To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away," Biden said.
[02:21.24]"As a nation, we have to ask: When in God's name
[02:25.76]are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God's name
[02:30.36]will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?"
[02:35.80]The president also said, "These kinds of mass shootings
[02:40.16]rarely happen anywhere else in the world."
[02:45.44]The elementary school shooting in Texas
[02:48.36]came just 10 days after another gunman
[02:51.64]killed 10 people at a food store in Buffalo, New York.
[02:57.28]The Gun Violence Archive said there were 15 more mass shootings
[03:02.64]that were not widely reported between the two shootings.
[03:07.76]The independent organization
[03:10.04]reported 213 mass shootings so far in 2022.
[03:17.92]The organization defines a mass shooting
[03:21.36]as an incident in which four or more people are shot.
[03:26.56]It collects its information from law enforcement,
[03:30.24]government, and other sources.
[03:33.88]Every mass shooting in the United States
[03:37.16]seems to show the political division in the country.
[03:41.76]"The idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store
[03:47.04]and buy two assault weapons is just wrong," Biden said.
[03:52.52]The Democratic Party president had asked the Senate
[03:56.60]to pass bills from the House of Representatives.
[04:01.00]The proposed laws would require background checks
[04:05.04]and longer waiting periods for gun purchases.
[04:10.28]The Senate does not have the 60 votes required
[04:14.00]to overcome an expected filibuster from Republican Party senators.
[04:21.32]Other measures included a so-called "red flag" law
[04:25.68]meant to take guns away from people with mental health problems.
[04:32.12]On Tuesday night, Biden said, "For every parent,
[04:36.32]for every citizen in this country, we have to make it clear
[04:41.20]to every elected official in this country: It's time to act."
[04:47.32]Ted Cruz is a Republican Senator from the state of Texas.
[04:52.36]He told MSNBC news, "We know from past experience
[04:58.52]that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe
[05:02.60]is armed law enforcement on the campus."
[05:07.16]Cruz also said that after every mass shooting,
[05:11.32]Democrats' and the news media's solution
[05:15.40]is to call for restrictions on gun rights.
[05:19.80]Cruz and other Republicans, including former President Donald Trump
[05:25.08]and Texas Governor Greg Abbott,
[05:28.04]will speak before the gun rights lobbying group,
[05:31.44]the National Rifle Association, this Friday.
[05:35.92]I'm Caty Weaver. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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