US School Shooting -- USAGM
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- US School Shooting -- USAGM
- May 27, 2022
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English US SCHOOL SHOOTING (TV) HEADLINE: US Congress weighs ways to prevent mass shootings TEASER: Lawmakers debate whether mental health support or stricter guns laws would better prevent deadly attacks like the one in Uvalde, Texas PUBLISHED AT: 05/25/22 at 8:32p BYLINE: Katherine Gypson PRODUCERS: Katherine Gypson CONTRIBUTING: Anita Powell DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Mia Bush, DJ ok VIDEO SOURCE (S): ABC, AP, AFP, REUTERS, ZOOM PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:20 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[U.S. lawmakers will vote Thursday to impose stricter background checks on gun sales after the second-worst mass school shooting in the nation's history earlier this week. As VOA congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, the killings reignited the national gun control debate, but the chances of politicians passing significant changes are slim.]] ((NARRATOR)) Nineteen children and two adults dead in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas Tuesday … killings that have reopened the nation’s debate over regulating guns …Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott confronted by his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke, who alleged his loosening of gun laws led to the tragedy. ((Video: still of Salvador Ramos)) ((MANDATORY COURTESY: AFP / SOCIAL MEDIA)) ((NARRATOR)) The governor said the 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, did not show any warning signs until just before the shooting, and Abbott called for greater support for mental health services instead of stricter gun laws. ((Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas)) “I hate to say this, but there are more people shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas, and we need to realize that people who think that, well maybe if we just implement tougher gun laws, it's gonna solve it. Chicago and L.A. and New York, disprove that.” ((NARRATOR)) U.S. President Joe Biden called on the narrowly Democratic-controlled Congress to pass new regulations. ((President Joe Biden))( “When in God's name will we do what needs to be done — to if not completely stop, fundamentally change the amount of carnage? ((NARRATOR)) Democrats said they wanted to move quickly to pass new regulations… ((Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader)) “America’s gun epidemic is unmatched by any of our peer nations in the world. No American is safe from it, and the American people are sick and tired of it.” ((NARRATOR)) … but noted such efforts had been stopped in the past. ((Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat)) “This is a gun industry talking point. The gun industry wants to stop any discussion about changing the laws after these mass shootings because they know that that's the moment when the public is demanding policy change.” ((NARRATOR)) While Republicans acknowledged the scope of the tragedy … ((Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader)) “It is literally sickening to consider the innocent young lives that were stolen by this pointless, senseless brutality.” ((NARRATOR)) … they cautioned against limiting Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms. Protests have consistently failed to move Congress to pass new regulations every time there is a mass shooting. ((Matthew Valentine, University of Texas)) ((Zoom)) “The assumption is that if any policy that advocates for any kind of reform is a prelude to confiscation and to a sort of a sweeping reform in the sort of model of New Zealand. Those aren't — that's not what's being proposed. There are lots of legislative measures that have been proposed that would create some obstacles for people who are trying to commit these kinds of acts.” ((NARRATOR)) According to 2021 Pew Research Center polling, half of Americans see gun violence as a very big problem, and a broad number of both Democrats and Republicans favor background checks on private and gun show sales. ((Katherine Gypson, VOA News, Capitol Hill))
- Transcript/Script US SCHOOL SHOOTING (TV) HEADLINE: US Congress weighs ways to prevent mass shootings TEASER: Lawmakers debate whether mental health support or stricter guns laws would better prevent deadly attacks like the one in Uvalde, Texas PUBLISHED AT: 05/25/22 at 8:32p BYLINE: Katherine Gypson PRODUCERS: Katherine Gypson CONTRIBUTING: Anita Powell DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Mia Bush, DJ ok VIDEO SOURCE (S): ABC, AP, AFP, REUTERS, ZOOM PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:20 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[U.S. lawmakers will vote Thursday to impose stricter background checks on gun sales after the second-worst mass school shooting in the nation's history earlier this week. As VOA congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, the killings reignited the national gun control debate, but the chances of politicians passing significant changes are slim.]] ((NARRATOR)) Nineteen children and two adults dead in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas Tuesday … killings that have reopened the nation’s debate over regulating guns …Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott confronted by his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke, who alleged his loosening of gun laws led to the tragedy. ((Video: still of Salvador Ramos)) ((MANDATORY COURTESY: AFP / SOCIAL MEDIA)) ((NARRATOR)) The governor said the 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, did not show any warning signs until just before the shooting, and Abbott called for greater support for mental health services instead of stricter gun laws. ((Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas)) “I hate to say this, but there are more people shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas, and we need to realize that people who think that, well maybe if we just implement tougher gun laws, it's gonna solve it. Chicago and L.A. and New York, disprove that.” ((NARRATOR)) U.S. President Joe Biden called on the narrowly Democratic-controlled Congress to pass new regulations. ((President Joe Biden))( “When in God's name will we do what needs to be done — to if not completely stop, fundamentally change the amount of carnage? ((NARRATOR)) Democrats said they wanted to move quickly to pass new regulations… ((Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader)) “America’s gun epidemic is unmatched by any of our peer nations in the world. No American is safe from it, and the American people are sick and tired of it.” ((NARRATOR)) … but noted such efforts had been stopped in the past. ((Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat)) “This is a gun industry talking point. The gun industry wants to stop any discussion about changing the laws after these mass shootings because they know that that's the moment when the public is demanding policy change.” ((NARRATOR)) While Republicans acknowledged the scope of the tragedy … ((Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader)) “It is literally sickening to consider the innocent young lives that were stolen by this pointless, senseless brutality.” ((NARRATOR)) … they cautioned against limiting Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms. Protests have consistently failed to move Congress to pass new regulations every time there is a mass shooting. ((Matthew Valentine, University of Texas)) ((Zoom)) “The assumption is that if any policy that advocates for any kind of reform is a prelude to confiscation and to a sort of a sweeping reform in the sort of model of New Zealand. Those aren't — that's not what's being proposed. There are lots of legislative measures that have been proposed that would create some obstacles for people who are trying to commit these kinds of acts.” ((NARRATOR)) According to 2021 Pew Research Center polling, half of Americans see gun violence as a very big problem, and a broad number of both Democrats and Republicans favor background checks on private and gun show sales. ((Katherine Gypson, VOA News, Capitol Hill))
- NewsML Media Topics Crime, Law and Justice
- Topic Tags Shooting
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date May 27, 2022 17:12 EDT
- Description English U.S. lawmakers will vote Thursday to impose stricter background checks on gun sales after the second-worst mass school shooting in the nation's history earlier this week. As VOA congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, the killings reignited the national gun control debate, but the chances of politicians passing significant changes are slim.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English