President Biden known as the lethal college taking pictures in Nashville that left three children and three adults lifeless “sick,” “heartbreaking” and “a household’s worst nightmare” earlier than calling for legislative motion to handle gun violence.

“We have now to do extra to cease gun violence. It’s ripping our communities aside. It’s ripping on the very soul of the nation. We have now to do extra to guard our faculties so that they aren’t became prisons,” Biden stated forward of talking at at a Small Enterprise Administration Girls’s Enterprise Summit.

Biden additionally recommended native regulation enforcement for intervening within the taking pictures “inside minutes.”

The president, who had earlier been briefed on the taking pictures, famous the assailant used two assault weapons and a handgun and known as for a legislative response to the violence.

“I name on Congress once more to move my assault weapon ban. It’s about time we start to make some progress, however there’s extra to be taught,” Biden stated.

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President Biden additionally urged the media to not ignore the trauma suffered by survivors and their group, evaluating it to the PTSD members of the army face.

President Joe Biden speaks during an SBA Women's Business Summit in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Washington.

President Joe Biden speaks throughout an SBA Girls’s Enterprise Summit within the East Room of the White Home, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)

“So many members of the army come again with post-traumatic stress after witnessing the violence and collaborating in it,” Biden stated. “Nicely, these kids, these lecturers … we must be specializing in their psychological well being as nicely.”

First Girl Jill Biden additionally spoke in regards to the taking pictures throughout an occasion in Washington D.C.

“I’m actually with out phrases. Our youngsters deserve higher. We stand, all of us, we stand with Nashville in prayer,” Jill Biden stated.

The taking pictures occurred Monday morning at The Covenant College, a personal Christian elementary college in Nashville. In line with police, the attacker, a 28-year-old lady, was a former pupil. She was killed by police on the scene.

There have been 129 mass shootings within the U.S. to date in 2023, in accordance with Bloomberg knowledge.

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