On Sunday, a grieving President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited the Texas community shaken by last week's school tragedy, but some people think the visit was nothing more than a show for the cameras.
Following a Mass at a nearby church, the president was bombarded with chants of "Do something!" The presidential motorcade made its first visit to the location of Tuesday's massacre, Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where people welcomed them while denouncing pro-gun-rights Gov. Greg Abbott.
Heartbroken Texas Begs Joe Biden To Do Something
The president wiped away a tear as he and his wife Jill walked along with the makeshift memorial outside the school, dropping off a bouquet and stopping to touch the oversized pictures of the 21 victims - 19 fourth-graders and two teachers - at the shrine decorated with crosses, stuffed animals, and candles.
However, after the president and First Lady departed the monument to attend Mass at the adjacent Sacred Heart Catholic Church, some mourners complained that the president did not stop to address them and expressed fears that the well-publicized visit was all a political ploy.
The first couple's visit to the school came less than two weeks after Biden and his wife visited Buffalo, New York, where an 18-year-old gunman entrenched in racist ideology massacred ten black people in a store.
Both gunmen were armed with AR-15-style military assault rifles. Later, when she and the president made their way to the front pews, the first lady reached out and touched the hands of numerous people sitting beside the aisle. Children were called to the front of the church around 20 minutes into the Mass, where they sat and Garcia-Siller addressed them, according to the New York Post.
Protesters Including Children Standoff at NRA Convetion
Local law police were called in to break up a brawl between gun control activists and protesters outside the NRA Convention in Houston, with a group of far-right Proud Boys jumping in. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the George R. Brown Convention Center on Saturday for the second day of the NRA Convention, advocating for gun regulation in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School tragedy in Uvalde, Texas.
As per to Houston Chronicle, many people brandished posters accusing individuals attending the convention of being murderers,' blaming lax gun control laws for the murders of 19 schoolchildren in Uvalde. In response, some 20 members of the far-right Proud Boy organization came as counter-protestors and yelled anti-gay obscenities at the over 200 protesters. Fencing was erected to keep the two parties apart.
It is unknown if any arrests were made. The brawl allegedly occurred when NRA officials refused Proud Boys members entry to the Convention Center. According to the Washington Times, the group then moved away in yellow and black attire toward the gun control protestors on the opposite side of the street.
Even though the audience was fewer than the day before when former President Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz spoke, demonstrators continued to demand that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other state politicians implement additional gun control measures.
They are especially pushing for new legislation that would raise the minimum age for purchasing a gun to 21, demand universal background checks, and implement a red flag law that would temporarily take weapons away from persons who pose a risk to themselves or others, Daily Mail reported.
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