Herschel Walker Reveals Shocking Solution After Texas School Shooting: Focus on Mental Health

Herschel Walker Reveals Shocking Solution After Texas School Shooting: Focus on Mental Health
In wake of the Texas school shooting, Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker provides an odd response regarding his proposed solution to America's gun violence problem. Megan Varner/ Getty Images

Herschel Walker, a former football star, proposed an inexplicable answer to gun violence on Thursday, two days after the Donald Trump-backed rookie won the Republican Senate primary in Georgia.

The former NFL running back advocated that law authorities create a department that can look at young males looking at ladies looking at their social media rather than stripping US citizens of their fundamental rights, most likely about the suspected shooter.

Herschel Walker's Babbling Response to Texas School Shooting

In the aftermath of a tragedy at a Texas elementary school, Georgia's Republican Senate contender Herschel Walker botched two replies to inquiries about his views on gun regulation. Walker, who won the Republican primary for the fiercely fought Senate seat earlier this week, has dissociative identity disorder and favors more resources devoted to studying the shooter's mentality than stricter gun control.

Walker has sparked controversy by claiming that he holds himself accountable for his previous actions with his ex-wife, who has accused him of abuse. He did not acknowledge aggressive behavior, merely noting that he is responsible for whatever he has done.

If Walker beats current Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in the midterm elections in November, he will be the most prominent member of Congress to publicly discuss his battles with mental illness. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has also stated that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his service in Iraq, the Marine Corps, according to the Washington Examiner.

Following the mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school, Congress is considering a proposal to incentivize states to enact red flag legislation similar to the one Florida approved in 2018 to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous or mentally ill people.

Florida's statute, adopted in the aftermath of the Parkland high school massacre, has been utilized thousands of times in the last four years to take weapons from citizens deemed a threat. Florida is one of 19 states that have enacted new, risk-based gun removal regulations to reduce gun-related deaths and address the unending spate of mass killings at schools and other public gatherings.

If a judge believes that there is a risk to public safety, the statutes empower courts to temporarily restrict a person's right to acquire or possess weapons. However, gun rights advocates contend that red-flag regulations do not provide enough due process, are applied incorrectly or fallaciously, and can be hazardous, as per Washington Times.

Texas School Shooting Investigation Continues

Texas officials provided an update on what occurred Tuesday when a shooter opened fire at Robb Elementary School, killing 19 little children and two adults. According to Victor Escalon, the Department of Public Safety's South Texas Regional Director, the inquiry into what transpired is ongoing. He described the current timeline of what happened and when it transpired.

At 11:28 am, Escalon stated. Police got the initial report of a truck collision around 10 am local time. The shooter fled after police claimed he shot his grandmother, who is currently in stable condition.

The gunman then hopped out of the passenger side of the truck, carrying a weapon and a bag containing ammo. The shooter noticed two individuals at a neighboring funeral home and fired rounds at them, according to Escalon, before hopping a fence at the school, crossing a parking lot, and entering the elementary school through an unlocked entrance around 11:40 am.

Escalon stated that a video was retrieved from both inside and outside the school that showed many bullets being fired inside. Officials are unable to provide an accurate figure. Officers were requesting assistance and attempting to send equipment and tactical teams to the location while the gunman was in the classroom.

Officials were negotiating with the shooter while waiting for teams to arrive and planning how to enter the facility, according to Escalon. An hour later, a tactical team from the United States arrived. Customs and Border Patrol officers came. They shot and killed the shooter. There was also a Uvalde police officer and a sheriff's deputy there.

Officers moved into rescue mode once the gunman was taken down to evacuate children and teachers out of the building. According to Escalon, the policemen who were present at the incident are being interrogated, and the inquiry is ongoing. He will offer more updates as new information becomes available.

Following the update, Ross McGlothlin, a previous principal of Robb Elementary School, stated that the door would have normally been locked. When he worked for the district, he claimed there were school resource police, but they weren't assigned. He said that there was a mechanism in place that would notify instructors in the event of an emergency and tell them to go into lockdown, WSB-TV reported.

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