09/06/2024

JD Vance Calls U.S. School Shootings a ‘Fact of Life’

He says the problem is lack of security in schools

Republican vice presidential nominee and Senator JD Vance on Thursday lamented that school shootings in the US have become “a fact of life” and called for greater security at schools in the wake of the shooting in Winder, Georgia, that left four people dead earlier this week.

"I don't like this. I don't like to admit this. I don't like that this is a fact of life. But if you're, if you are a 'psycho' and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets, and we have got to bolster security at our schools, Vance said at a campaign event in Phoenix in response to a question from CNN on what specific policies he supports to end school shootings.

As the audience applauded, Vance continued and blamed schools, "We've got to bolster security, so that if a 'psycho' wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children, they're not able to. And again, as a parent, do I want my kids' school to have additional security? No, of course, I don't. I don't want my kids to go to school in a place where they feel like you've got to have additional security. But that is increasingly the [American] reality that we live in."

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