'Ripping at the soul of the nation': President Biden speaks on Nashville school shooting
Updated: 4:05 PM EDT Mar 27, 2023
I just want to speak very briefly about the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. You know, Ben and I have been doing this our whole careers as it seems. And, uh, it's just, uh, it's sick, you know, we're still gathering the facts of what happened and why. And we do know that as of now, there are *** number of people who are not going to did not make it including Children. It's heartbreaking *** family's worst nightmare. And I want to commend the police who responded incredibly swiftly within minutes and the danger. We're monitoring the situation really closely, Ben as you know, and, uh, we have to do more to stop gun violence. It's ripping our communities apart, ripping the soul of this nation, ripping at the very soul of the nation. And we, we have to do more to protect our schools. So they aren't turned into prisons. You know, the shooter in this situation reportedly had two assault weapons and *** pistol, two AK-47. So I call on Congress again to pass my assault weapons ban. It's about time that we began to make some more progress, but there's more to learn. But I just wanted to send my, uh, concern hearts out to so many parents out there. I've been to so many of these sites as ben knows by virtually everyone. And, uh, one of the things you folks should, I know, you do know what you should focus on. You know, just like when in the military, my son was in Iraq for *** year or other places. You so many members of the military coming back with post traumatic stress after witnessing the violence and participating in it. For these Children, these teachers, they should be, should be focusing on their mental health as well. And so I'm grateful anyway, sorry to start off that way. But I couldn't begin without acknowledging what happened.
'Ripping at the soul of the nation': President Biden speaks on Nashville school shooting
Updated: 4:05 PM EDT Mar 27, 2023
President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a news conference Monday afternoon, discussing the deadly shooting at a Nashville grade school that left 3 children and 3 adults dead.Biden said the shooting was "sick" and "heartbreaking" and urged Congress to take further action on gun safety legislation. "We're monitoring the situation very closely," Biden said. "And we have to do more to stop gun violence. It's ripping our communities apart. Ripping at the very soul of this nation, and we have to do more to protect our schools and they aren't turned into prisons."Biden discussed how the shooter was armed with two assault weapons, AK-47s, and a pistol."I call on Congress again to pass my assault weapons ban. It's about time that we begin to make some more progress," Biden said.First Lady Jill Biden and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre have also spoken on the shooting today.See Jill Biden's comments at the National League of Cities' Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C.:The shooter has been identified as a 28-year-old female from the Nashville area. The shooting happened around 10 a.m. Monday morning after the shooter with two "assault-style" rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville.The suspect also died after being shot by police.Find more coverage of the shooting in Nashville, Tennesee below:
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a news conference Monday afternoon, discussing the deadly shooting at a Nashville grade school that left 3 children and 3 adults dead.
Biden said the shooting was "sick" and "heartbreaking" and urged Congress to take further action on gun safety legislation.
"We're monitoring the situation very closely," Biden said. "And we have to do more to stop gun violence. It's ripping our communities apart. Ripping at the very soul of this nation, and we have to do more to protect our schools and they aren't turned into prisons."
Biden discussed how the shooter was armed with two assault weapons, AK-47s, and a pistol.
"I call on Congress again to pass my assault weapons ban. It's about time that we begin to make some more progress," Biden said.
First Lady Jill Biden and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre have also spoken on the shooting today.
See Jill Biden's comments at the National League of Cities' Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C.:
The shooter has been identified as a 28-year-old female from the Nashville area.
The shooting happened around 10 a.m. Monday morning after the shooter with two "assault-style" rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville.
The suspect also died after being shot by police.
Find more coverage of the shooting in Nashville, Tennesee below: