White House Renews Calls for , Assault Weapons Ban, After Saint Louis School Shooting.
Axios reports that 19-year-old Orlando Harris entered the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St.
Louis on Oct.
24 with an AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammo.
Harris, who graduated from the school last year, opened fire and killed one teacher, Jean Kuczka, and one student, Alexzandria Bell.
Seven others were injured, and then the shooter's gun became jammed, according to witnesses.
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The gunman was killed by police.
Later, they found a note from the suspect detailing why he attacked the school.
I don't have any friends.
I don't have any family.
I've never had a girlfriend, I've never had a social life.
I've been an isolated loner my entire life.
This was the perfect storm for a mass shooting, Alleged note from suspect, via Axios.
During a White House press briefing following the mass shooting, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called for action.
In the wake of Newtown, Parkland, Buffalo, Uvalde, and countless other shootings in communities across the country, we need additional action to stop the scourge of gun violence, Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, via briefing.
Every day that the Senate fails to send an assault weapons ban to the president’s desk or waits to take another common sense action is a day too late for families and communities impacted by gun violence, Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, via briefing.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, the St.
Louis shooting was one of 581 mass shootings in the U.S. this year where a minimum of four people were shot.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, the St.
Louis shooting was one of 581 mass shootings in the U.S. this year where a minimum of four people were shot.
Axios reports that a ban on assault weapons was passed by the House in July, but the Senate has stalled on the measure
