VP pick Tim Walz has said he’s “sick and tired of hearing about thoughts and prayers” following the Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia.

Tim Walz has said he’s “sick and tired of hearing about thoughts and prayers” following the Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia, which left four dead.

Walz, who was named as Kamala Harris’ running mate in the race for the White House in August, spoke about the Wednesday (4 September) shooting at a campaign rally at the Highmark Amphitheater in Erie, Pennsylvania on Thursday.

He told his supporters: “We believe in the freedom to send our kids to school without being shot dead in the hall.”

“The news cycle moves on within a day,” he commented of the incident, adding that kids had returned to school feeling excited and “now we have four dead”.

  • Jackie's Fridge
    27•2 months ago

    Sadly that won’t happen because Americans are special - and I say ‘special’ in that Midwestern-US, ‘bless their heart’ way

    The US government tries to pass (or enforce) any meaningful gun legislation, a third of the country stamps their feet and tells ‘NO!’ and the gov’t backs down. Rinse & repeat

    • @Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
      10•2 months ago

      basically the only way to get restrictions would be for several states to adopt a Black Panther Esque political party that has significant adoption and policing

      • @Kalysta@lemm.ee
        7•2 months ago

        You know what would immedately get us gun control? If that black panther party decided to spend their time guarding our schools. The “good guy with a gun” theory only it’s black and latino people guarding the schools.

        Racism would get us gun control so fucking fast.
        (And I hate how likely this is)

    • the post of tom joad
      10•2 months ago

      shiiiii it doesnt even get to us s’more like 2/3 of the country asks for (x) regulation, the govt starts making noises about regulating (x), a bunch of political ads come out to convince public (x) regulation is bad, contributions come from the (x) companies to the politicians regulating (x), business (x) is added to the commitee deciding rules for (x), regulation is watered down or outright defeated.

      at almost no point in the process is the public will treated as anything other than a problem to solve.

    • @Fedizen@lemmy.world
      5•2 months ago

      Americans love prosecuting people, making new crimes is how we keep our prisons full. I fully expect a “reasonable lockup” law for gun crimes committed with unsecured firearms would play well.