Sen. Chris Murphy on Texas School Shooting: "What are we doing? What are we doing?
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- Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): "The 14 kids dead in an elementary school in Texas right now. What are we doing? What are we doing? Just days after a shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down African American patrons we have another Sandy Hook on our hands." www.c-span.org...
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The level of corruption that has to exist in a government for something like this to be so frequent is disgusting and heartbreaking
I don't think you mean what corruption means unless you think it's corrupt that the mainstream only singles out the gun whenever a shooting occurs with the intention of diminishing 2A and solving a problem that is worse in many of the jurisdictions they control. Why collectively punish people and their constitutional rights when there are so many ways to treat the real sources of the problem, a tolerant approach to crime and mental illness?
This current government is the one you mean, I hope. We are almost at the end my friend. China will be on our shore before year's end. It will all be over
The corruption exist in the hearts of people, because we as a society are no longer producing moral young men and women of character and fortitude,the youth used to follow the examples set by adults, when we abdicated to the state and media we lost them.
@@ronnieettienne6335 People don't get it. They are sheep who believe their gods in the media
2 words for you: gun industry
Chris Murphy speech will go viral... he did not blame the right or left, he is asking congress, WHAT ARE WE DOING??!!!
Nothing. That's what Congress usually does. They're too busy planning for mid-term elections.
20 kids died in Sandy Hook and we couldn't even pass a law that said people on the NO FLY LIST can't buy guns. Nothing will get done here. Body count is way too low.
From Connecticut and he is a fake drama kind of dude,attention whore, I’m sure he’s sad about it like me but he made sure he was on camera
DOING NOTHING !! JUST LIKE ALWAYS
Doing ? YOU!RE STILL BUYING GUNS FFS 🤨🙄
No seriously, what the fuck are we doing .
We are being divided everyday because people can’t stop bringing in politics every situation like this
you tell me, bot.
@@Grim-dq9ol this is a political situation…. Lol y’all have a great day
America is on a moral decay
Pandering to the lowest common denominator and taking cash from the gun lobby. Nothing else.
Schools are not the same. As a teacher this hits hard. Every month we do a lock down drill, every month we have students go to a hard corner, every month we sit in the dark and listen while the security guards jiggle our doors to see if we locked them and wait for the drill to be over just in case. After Parkland, I was traumatized as a teacher to go through these drills. After Parkland something needed to happen. Heck after Columbine!!!! But nothing is ever done!! Represent your people. Do something!
My community hired an armed security guard, a retired officer with donations from a fundraiser and bought a metal detector. The police also hired another officer for that after we approved a tax increase for that.
Try and get the community to take the initiative! As someone who spent years working for Uncle Sam overseas, they're terrible! If I was running it as a business 99.9% would be fired!
The question is always why but gladly I live in Europe and the chances are like 5% that Shootings happen at school and in an elementary school there weren’t any in history
If only the local officials had done something about a known threat in Parkland. They failed in SPADES yet that didn't stop them from blaming the NRA and the 100 million gun owners for their failure. They didn't arrest that guy for his prior crimes. They didn't try him for those crimes. They didn't even do the bare minimum and report him to NICS since he was prohibited from owning a firearm. And so it goes.
Now this.
Ask yourself why no one shoots up Sidwell Friends.
Do what exactly? Any suggestions?
@@themightythundersploosh7493 yes! Arm and retrain the teachers and faculty working there so they know how to handle situations like this.
"And it is a choice" struck me hard. Truth.
He is right it is a choice. Life is about choices. Our country has made the choice to do nothing.
@@michelephipps1288 yep. If they would allow and encourage armed security this probably would not have happened. Shooters target areas with high gun control. Some of them have even said it in their manifestos.
@@Caleb-qr6lo Texas has "high gun control"...?
Yes. Having an armed former police officer really helped during the murders and shooting recently in Buffalo NY.
@@Caleb-qr6lo "Shooters target areas with high gun control"??? Are you kidding? Or deluded?
Texas has about the most lax gun control in the country! What about these:
10 deaths at Sante Fe High School, 2018
26 deaths at First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, 2017
22 deaths at Walmart, El Paso 2019
13 deaths at Fort Hood, 2009
4 deaths at Fort Hood, 2014
21 Deaths at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, 2022
Do you think there aren't plenty of armed guards at Fort Hood?
Armed guards, armed citizens and lax gun laws haven't done squat to protect Texas.
“The world is in more peril from those who tolerate evil or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” -Dr. Albert Einstein, 3/30 1953
Well said
Are you saying the politicians are more evil than the shooters?
@@Bigcheese6875 I would agree
@@Bigcheese6875 I’m not gonna disagree with Einstein..
Oh a new message from you!? So I can look forward to seeing this same message on a bunch of other videos too? I miss your CRT is prudent and necessary spam 🥹🤣
Thank you for stating what so many of us are thinking right now. We have to find common ground and do something! Heartbroken and frustrated in Texas.
Texas will.. refuse to do anything. Because we both know Abbot literally doesn’t care about the Texas population. And we’ll have to compromise with that evil, which we shouldn’t have to do in general which makes me think..
Yeah Texas won’t do anything.
Yeh. Fire all. Those useless way. Over paid. Traitor power hungry republicans
"The Right To Bare Arms" Only made sense ; when a single shot blunderbuss was all there was.!
The Bible is unlike the Constitution ; the latter needs updating , to evolve with the needs of its people , in a modern world.
Our government actually did something!
@@ihavehighcholestorol yes fund Ukraine to protect their borders. Instead of funding for security in our schools.
Imagine being a 2nd Grader, and then a random insane person massacres 3/4th of your class. Imagine being the last group of parents at the reunion center. Jesus Christ.
Murderers should be execu***.
horrifying.
@@TheListOf Painfully. I'm willing to bet there'd be less crimes if we still used medieval torture techniques.
@@TheListOf genuinely that’s too kind. But sadly they always die or kill themselves cause they’re too cowardly to face the consequences
@@glazyhaze not all
This is not about political beliefs.
This is about doing whats right and protecting people.
If we can't stand up and do something to protect our CHILDREN, then we have failed as a society.
It's about a nation built and sustained by hatred and Paranoia.
We're going find out the attacker announced his intentions, that he had previous run ins with the law,an even though he had run ins with the law, he still passed a background check.
I agree. So that means we need armed school staff right?
@@YorktownUSA You see, it's having a mentality like this that defines the American obsession with paranoia and an irreversibly damaged society. 100 gun deaths a day and a school shooting every week and you still persist on selling military weapons to the public...utterly senseless.
I didn’t think I had any tears left after so many of these shootings, I’d become kind of numb, but then he mentioned the children needing a safe word in the classroom. Damnit.
And yet we go on. We just live with the filth.. while the rest of the world watches it drown us.
They'll never do anything but I appreciate this speech and the empathy behind it
Yeah, seems like a good Dude!
You’re part of the problem - this douche nozzle o doesn’t give a damn about the kids, if he did he wouldn’t push for abortion on demand
when is the last time you called your senator? Ever feel like part of the problem? you don't have to.
@@seanshea8596 when was the last time gun control legislation was passed at a federal level despite how many people likely called their senators?
@@seanshea8596 I highly encourage you to learn what the filibuster is before you go around blaming grieving citizens for this shit. Thanks.
When the UK had a school shooting 20 odd years ago we banned handguns outright.
At the time I was a member of a gun club in London, which almost immediately folded after this. I liked target shooting. I liked guns, having been taught to shoot at an early age.
I knew the emergency legislation that followed was more about the government being seen to take action that actual considered improvements.
I also did not quibble ONE IOTA about the new ultra restrictive laws, even though we already had the most restrictive laws in the world.
Why? Because no one's pleasure in making a stick go 'boom' and hitting a target is worth the life of a single child.
It's not a difficult equation to solve.
Hi .. I’m 🇬🇧 too. Apparently in America it truly IS a n impossible concept ie banning the public ownership of instruments of death err sorry .. “ self defence” 🙄..
Americans are obsessed with them and the “ cowboy image” that is entrenched in their psyche , and it is so hugely profitable to these household weapons manufacturers that Weill do every to convince jfs citizens they’re actually safer with them.. while they’re children die daily by them.
Unbelievable stupidity .
A “ Christian / fearing country” ( that is largely ani-abortion paradoxically!) that perpetuate this.
God bless America.. indeed 😳
You’re trying to preach to people who think the answer to this problem is more guns.
S.Korea has never allowed guns in public, and I just realized how big does that mean..
it's impossible to ban guns in america.
And that’s why your government rules with an iron thumb. If they wanted to load you all up right here today in vans to concentration camps, you couldn’t do a damn thing to stop it but get in the van or get shot. The constitution we have in the US is to prevent having a tyrannical governing body like your own and to give the citizens the equal chance to fight against that governing body if needed be with similar fire power. The constitution was designed to prevent from having a country like yours where the government rules totally and the citizens can’t say a word. Just go bow to your queen and STFU.
This wasn’t a talk to the left or right or democratic or republic or whatever else- this was a speech to the people. To us. To everybody. That we can’t just say “agree to disagree” anymore. When this many children and young adults are dying, I don’t understand why we haven’t found a solution. I don’t understand.
Because no one has a solution.
Aside from confiscating existing guns and stopping the manufacturing of guns and ammo, there is no solution. Banning guns won't do anything. There are enough guns out there for everyone who wants one. Banning alcohol didn't stop people from drinking, and banning marijuana hasn't stopped people from smoking.
@@farshimelt 'Banning guns wont do anything'. Im guessing you've not tried looking at every other country on Earth that has managed to significantly cut back on shootings by banning guns? Quit making excuses. Banning guns works.
@@farshimelt I easily have to agree with the other commenter. Gun control laws works. It isn’t exactly banning them-we can still have weed and alcohol but the laws are much stricter on who, when, and how. This works in many other countries. It will be interesting to see how many more mass shootings and dead school children it will take for americas and congress to actually try something new instead of saying “well if you ban it I will just buy it somewhere illegally and so will everyone else and then nothing will change so basically there is nothing we can do”
@@jayeskimo82 it doesn't work. There is something fundamentally wrong with the American culture for simple gun control to have the desired effect.
@@jayeskimo82 no it doesn’t the black market the cartel multiple gangs throughout America guns are a forever thing now banning them just takes citizens abilities to get them away not criminals.
As a parent, I'm absolutely heartbroken for those parents. As a parent, I'm scared for my kids future's. Absolutely tragic... prayers to everyone involved. Change needs to happen and needs to happen NOW.
God bless everyone and stay safe!
Do you, really think, prayers are going to do anything, they prayed at Auschwitz, nothing happened. Get your children into private school's, that might help a pit, otherwise, get out of America, because there wil be a next time , believe me, there will.
GET YOUR SCHOOLS TO HAVE ARMED GUARDS!!!
THAT STOPS BAD PEOPLE KILLING CHILDREN!!!
FACT
I completed understand your condolences . Doing this every times there is massacres, doesn’t cut it, One question I have to ask you. Why aren’t Americans mad as hell protesting in the millions nation wide against 😡 gun violence epidemic. Like they did for George Floyd, no disrespect. American lives matter, let the government and NRA know that
@@TonyTone1 BLAME YOUR POLICE FOR TAKING 40 MINUTES!!!
BLAME THOSE WHO DONT HAVE ARMED GUARDS TO PROTECT CHILDREN!!!
Youre welcome.
@@Thoth19 Blame the people for electing leaders who don't have the guts to get rid of ARs
This is so powerful. But he's speaking to an empty chamber. THAT is a huge problem in our gov't. Contrast UK's House of Commons, for example, with actual exchanges between members. We have to do better.
I’d go so far as to say the UK is better than America in almost every political respect.. would it not be that you guys had Margaret Thatcher.
Though to be fair we’ve got about three hundred idiots more radical and destructive than her so..
how strict are your immigration policies?
Senators not being in chamber is common when there isn't an active vote or something. They're all in the building, they watch and listen in their offices.
These situations happen all the time in the UK commons lol. They're empty the majority of the time if you actually watched it.
I can see why Murphy took that personally.
This is not meant to be taken as mockery; It’s clear that the Sandy Hook shooting definitely hit him harder since he’s representing Connecticut, and that’s completely understandable
I will wait until they actually get down on their knees in their $3000 Suits!
@@teresabarnes-matych What does that have to do with what I just said?
VOMIT
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@@bammmyouuu7752 he said these shootings do not happen anywhere else in the world that’s right and China and Russia and all these socialist countries they kill you behind closed doors they don’t have a free press everything is good news over there this guy is so stupid this is the socialist mindset that believes taking away all freedoms will stop crime it will not the ones in power kill behind the scenes by the tens of thousands Murphy is an idiot
Exactly why fight for a job if you lose the passion to work once acquired?
Oh the passion to earn money no matter what still burns strong in these politicians! Don't worry
they want the job to assert their own will on the public and to make as much money as they can
As someone not from the US, but who is familiar with all the issues facing your country this is the one that is most mind boggling. It genuinely seems that there is no amount of dead school children that will lead to change. And that is absolutely heart breaking. My thoughts are with the friends and families of this preventable crime.
I sadly agree.
Mind-boggling is exactly right.
Go away
Sadly, this is the case as long as we have a minority party refusing to budge on its extreme position. Oh, that position is how they get money, by the way. The NRA and Republican National Committee has blood on their hands, and they don’t care.
Pffft. "Your thoughts" blaa blaa bla. Like that's gonna do anything.
Everything he says is falling on deaf ears.
Of course - becayiu Americans jhst LOVE guns !
@@serenityinside1 No, because they are too focused on a shooting that involves racial targeting. They won’t pay attention to school shootings, only racially motivated shootings. Just you watch.
@@serenityinside1 that's not fair ... A lot of Americans want more restrictions.
If you are talking about politicians then yes i think you are correct. But most of the mass public all are heartbroken by this and believe change is needed but you know what? Civilians literally CANT do anything about it. We need lawmakers to STEP UP and man up and do something that not everyone will agree with. But if it means saving lives it needs to be talked about not just stuffed away and never discussed.
@@serenityinside1 No, we like the right to defend ourselves. It's the reason we're not in a situation like they have in Australia and Europe. They're now subjects to their governments and under tyranny.
Chris Murphy is one of those people you can point out to your children on tv and say: “If you try in school, you can be like him”
You might want to do some research before you praise him. Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
He sucks!
Not a damn thing. Nothing, they don’t care. Gunshots and murders have become ambient noise to human suffering , slowly tuned out over time.
Immeasurable respect for you, Senator. You care. Others sadly do not.
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
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@@mattcrumptonmattc7100 Investing in school cops and mental health is good, but before that, we need to make sure the bad guys don't have guns. You need to understand the priorities of gun violence.
As a teacher in Australia, I’m heartbroken for every teacher and student in America that has to endure this fear… I cannot fathom how US lawmakers can have such a focus and push to walk backwards in womens rights to healthcare but cannot reflect that gun reform needs to happen… Thank you for your words Chris. Honestly if there were more people like you, there’d be less events like this.
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Women's rights? Really? When women got rights the divorce rate went through the roof. A family in America is as rare as hens teeth. That's where all the mental illness is coming from.
This damn place is hell on earth. Talk about land of the free smh please stay where u are and never come here shits dark and depressing
It's not a gun issue it's a mental health issue and society breakdown...
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..... No seriously what the f are we doing?
This nation literally is falling apart
All by design my friend
@@hhhhhhh5614 you forgot your tinfoil hat my guy.
@@donilexington4600 Yeah. Ok
Sad to say but I feel like it’s the beginning of the end
@@hhhhhhh5614 🤣🤣🤣
God, at Sandy Hook they had to use a code word “monkey” because these kids were mentally breaking down.
Until Shit Happens to these Politicians and their families. They will do Nothing! God bless 🙏 these families and Kids.....🙏❣
May I ask what action should be taken?
Sadly, the shooting at a GOP Congressional softball game some years ago did nothing to change it.
Wedge Antilles you may!
@@wedgeantilles1932 Keep guns out of kids hands?
@@lauraa2746 I'm sure the NRA sent Scalise a nice fat check to help stop the bleeding.
It’s so sad that they won’t do anything! And we will continue to see this happen again & again because it’s not about children safety it’s about the money
and people even vote for those corrupt senators.
Spot on The NRA and republicans have blood 🩸 money 💰 in their hands. NRA stand for No Remorse Agency
This would not have happened had the police did their job and went in after the guy. They refused to go in and stopped parents from doing so. Some of the cops went in and got their kids but left the others. The door was also propped open by a teacher a few mins before. This is a policing and school security issue. It was completely preventable.
@@ChooChoo_4u The primary issue here , is there should NEVER have been ; such easy access to a military assault rifle.!! There was no cooling off period - no set conditions for the Gun type.
The young Gunman , simply purchased his weapon of choice (not unlike buying a bike) then walked out of the Shop and just days later - committed this atrocity.
Bad Policing is Secondary ; should never have to confront - a Military Weapon in a School.
It is not about a ban on Guns ; it's about restricting access to limit "Risk" of mass killing.
"Quiet message of endorsement" that right there hit me hard. ....
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
“Don’t let anyone tell you that these bad things happen and then everyone goes back to “NORMAL”… you don’t have to be ‘EVERYONE’. Stay with the grief. Stay with the anger. Stay troubled by it all. Stay open-hearted to those who grieve. Stay tuned to those working for change”.
This country is done for. Time to get my citizenship someplace else.
Heard Norway was doing pretty good. Doesn’t cost an arm and a leg if you break an arm and a leg
@@EL-uj1pl it’s like that in all the Scandinavian countries
@@Nick-gh8hf Strange how the US tries to convince us that this healthcare thing they got going on is unreasonable or socialist or whatever they have to say to make people against it..
What a absolute tragedy
Indeed- one That repeats and repeats 🙄
don't forget the teacher .... the one teacher!!!
3
Keeps going up. They say now it’s 18 kids and 3 teachers 😩😩😩
...and don't forget the other 27 US school shootings this year...more than one a week!!
Just can not imagine 14 innocent little kids are killed where we feel it is a safer place for our kids.
18.
It's because it is a safe place. That's how they target. They look for places without guns or armed security guards. Look for shootings where either the public or security is armed. It's often a completely different story.
@@Caleb-qr6lo Buffalo had guards..
@@Caleb-qr6lo We have no guns in any of our schools...and no shootings either...you have had 27 school shootings this year...you work it out.
He's my Senator. We know all too well in Connecticut. I'm sorry Texas that you now have your own Sandy Hook. We need to care about our kids. He's right, we do nothing.
We had Santa Fe high school before this so it isnt the first. Schools are gun free zones so or current gun law would not and does not change that. I am not cold or indifferent to what happened but facts here. Criminals dont follow are the gun laws or restrictions on ownership. The city of Chicago proves that. So now what do we do. You can disarm me and that doesnt stop the "WEAPONS OF WAR" from getting to the criminal. It will just make everyone a Soft Target. If all these disarm and defund people would think rationally and analytically for like one week maybe they would get it thru their head. There is another reason for all this going on. Why does the Atlanta are usually have 2-3 armed officers in some if not most of their schools and you really dont hear about shooting in their schools. Like NY also. Take every gun beause they will kill everyone. That wont stop this it will just ramp it up.
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
Mental Health issues need to be addressed....
Yes as well as preparing children to handle adversity and interact with eachother, there’s a reason that incels are a new phenomenon our culture has become asocial to its very core, we encourage mental dismorphia and support it
@@mikeking3400 on the more positive side, some minorities are sticking together and supporting each other. LGBTQ youth are a shining example of that. I think the next generation is going to be particularly split on mental health; on one hand, the people who see all the evil learn sympathy and empathy.. thus creating stronger bonds, at the expense of increased anxiety from current events. On the other hand are the folks who are the problem.
@@EL-uj1pl Wow very profound you don’t sound dumb at all
Mental health plays a tiny role in this. I’m sorry but mental health effects everyone across the globe. Yet this crap happens damn near exclusively in the USA. I’m sick.
@@jonpierce3340 There’s a war on European soil my guy. I can guarantee you if that if someone invaded Mexico or Canada the aggressor would be the ones in need of thoughts and prayers.
Until it hits home, these Senators are not going to do anything
This is the only answer that matters. Until one of these senators or reps kids die, only then will they enact change. These are just empty words.
and that's sad.
it has, at a GOP Congressional softball game, and they still, sadly, did nothing
@@AgentOrange921 Until one of the children or grandchildren gets killed, it will not move them.
You want to know the real reason there is no one action or solution that will truly ever fix this problem of violence? Because it is a culture problem, our society had been sick for far too long with broken families, poor mental health support, poverty, disenfranchisement, neglect, lack of morality and life purpose, and more. If we want change, we have to fix the culture. But that's too difficult and time-consuming (and requires mutual participation by the society) so instead we choose to continue grandstanding using empty words and empty promises.
Well said from a British citizen 🇬🇧. The whole world nearly has seen you as a sick unhealthy unbalanced nation for what .. decades now and watched you decline - sad to see.
It’s a mix of problems. The availability of guns is a massive enabler for violence. The lack of care for peoples’ mental health is another problem. The radical right spreading a white supremacist agenda is another problem. There’s no easy fix solution to this.
As a Canadian, I view many movies, plays and HBO and it is a non-stop violence with fast shooting guns and killings. It is difficult to emphathize with Americans. We have enforceable gun laws and Americans do not hear of mass shootings in Canada.
It is so easy to answer this question. They all are “praying”. ☹️☹️
Should we not?
@@YorktownUSA get rid of the f-ing guns then you americans can "pray" for a better future. It is easy!
Congress should be arrested for gross negligence.
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No. This could’ve been stopped but Chris Murphy and Dems blocked it
Who sells these 18 year old kids these guns legally or not .Sick to my stomach can’t go to church,shopping,or send your child to school praying they are safe there! Thank you for telling them off in the senate !
The gun didn’t cause his psychosis, it was the society that encourages material possessions and social value that made this evil kid feel inadequate. We have to teach kids to socialize healthier they don’t need social studies at the age of 6,7,8 years old the need to be taught manners and proper etiquette
Texans don’t care. Americans don’t care. Why can’t people understand we care more about our guns and could care less about your kids. Not only do we want nothing done about it, but that you better not do anything about it or else.
Yknow I was almost convinced that the devil wasn’t real.
Oh give me a break, what in the hell makes you believe that politicians actually care? I mean seriously if governments and politicians really cared then war wouldn't exist
Why won’t all the supposed “pro life” advocates support the living? 🤔
George Carlin said it best "if you're prenatal you're okay if you're preschool you're fucked"
A school shooting happens and you decide to throw mud at people in an unrelated issue. Pathetic you're mentality is becoming the new norm. Political debate in the USA resembles two fat drunk morons yelling at each other for liking opposing sports teams. That's all you people can process. "Me no like anyone who think different!!"
Not a good time to poke jokes my friend. Rip to those little kids and the teacher.
Once, you’re born, you’re no longer innocent. They value potential life over actual life.
@@yucanthandledatruth4874 What Ser198503 just said wasn’t a joke my friend, he was stating facts. These mass shootings have been going on in schools in America for over 30 years, and nothing has been done about it. Time to get real about it. I promise you the comments you addressed was not meant to be funny. Sounds to me he’s like a lot of the rest of us, he’s PISSED!
"If they (the kids) started to get nightmare during the day, stepping over their classmates' bodies as they tried to flee... What are we doing?" said Sen. Chris Murphy. I think the worst scenario for the kids is to put their friends' blood on their bodies and playing Dead to escape the killing. Sad, very sad, isn't it?
A national embarrassment.
This should never happen in any civilized society. Very sad.
Since when is America civilized with its Racism, Hate, Fascism, Bigotry, Religion, ...?
Senator Murphy has a point “What are we doing”
Republicans: oh we are busy going to NRA events and promoting the use of more guns in schools in order to get enough donations for our re-elections.
The senate evolved from representing states to representing money corporations greed and ego. This is sad and tragic that our government can’t pull itself togethor and pass a proper bill for gun control so the US can be like other countries in term of gun control, I would actually support something similar to Britain’s approach to gun control so nobody would need to really use guns even law enforcement just tasers and fists. (Illegal gun trade might be a problem)
Oli Dinka: It’s our Right to own guns plain n simple. Stop blaming guns and look at the real problem...the people doing it. Stop trying to infringe on our Rights before we start to infringe on yours.
@@letsgobrandon7297 hmm like taking away abortion... Interesting.
BatmanFanGirl: Abortion isn’t in the constitution you dumba**.
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
thank you. For every word.
keep fighting, peeps. We have a lot of work to do.
I’m from canada. I’m ashamed of america. Yes, every last one of you american citizens. You watch this happen every year. Speak up, protest, stop the country until this shit doesnt get fixed. It breaks my heart. Elementary school? Americans please wake up.
Hey, buddy.................F Canada
Shut up
When Canada protested their bank accounts got frozen by their communist government. I get advice off china before a Canadian about rights
Why be ashamed of America- it’s not your country! 🤔
They’re not ashamed - they still believe it’s “ the greatest country in earth” etc ... I know 🙄
We're are awake. Well some of us. I'm aware we have a social alienation problem, it's complex. Basic morally is no longer existent, it seems. We need armed school staff like the Israelis. It won't fix our broken social state, but it's a start.
As a European this really breaks my heart, it is unimaginable to think of this kind of constant fear, constant feeling of being held hostage of politics. It seems like you're at war just not declared. It's frustrating 'cause there's no sense to that, NO EFFING SENSE.
You guys are about to be Afganistan 2.0 soon lol
Only asian countries (as they have lower crime rates) should be speaking on this, and the rest should just shut their mouths so none of this bs happens.
@@ryoukwjdbwopqmqpzl73819 Exactly what I'm talking about. And sure... lol.
As a recent graduate from high school I cannot fully express my rage of this issue in America. Every month we have drills for lockdown/shooting. Every month we are told to be quiet and sit in the dark. That all changed after my freshman year. Starting my Sophomore year in high school the drill changed. They now could happen during class changes and lunch. Not only did that change, but now we had our SRO firing blanks and using a master key to open up random classroom doors and say “You’re dead”. It is terrifying to see a drill change so much in a single year. In my middle school days we had bomb threats regularly. We had about 1 every month. We would all hear someone talking over the announcements telling us to go outside and we all knew what it was about. “Oh it’s just another bomb threat that’s all.” That’s what kids would say! Middle schoolers are saying oh it’s just another bomb threat while the teachers are instructed to keep their mouths shut and not say anything. WE ALL KNEW! I am terrified that I could live in a country where I have to sit down with my spouse and have a serious conversation on whether or not we are letting our own kids go to school. I am terrified that I still have many years of college ahead of me and I could be next. There MUST be change!
Can we please hear a pro gun senator make a speech at this time because I am at loss with what could be going through their minds right now?
Those retards are just asking teachers and school staffs to buy more guns so they will be "safe".
Truth. Its our choice to let this happen by voting. When I was growing up, I never had to worry about this. I didn't realize how privilege I was by not worrying.
Texas Republican here .......after hearing this speech ...it's time for us as a party to tell the NRA screw you and les save our children life's AMERICA FUTURE ........#WHAT ARE WE DOING #
@Tempest Zeal never said give guns away I said it's time to tell the NRA to go to hell ....I'm tired of seeing KIDS/HUMANS killed then my party says its mental illness these ppl are not metal ill they are murders and I want to see my grandkids go to school without fear
@Tempest Zeal I'm a proud gun owner been for 25 years ...what in the hell do i need with a assault rifle and bullet proof armour and 100 rounds magazines NRA its time to say screw you
The whole point of an amendment is that but can be amended. When the second amendment was written, firearms would be in the whole front loading single shot and not the semi automatic weapons America has today. As a Brit, you need to amend your constitution
It's obvious teenagers cannot handle the responsibility of owning weapons.
I agree with this Senator, but the problem isn't just Guns. The USA has a people problem. A major, major people problem.
There are other places with far more people than the US, yet violence on this scale and frequency is unheard of.. the exception being China, but that’s only because it’s their government committing the sins
This particular problem being addressed is that the people keep shooting each other with guns.
Tell the news to stop making shooters absurdly famous
Oh that will solve the problem huh....you fking idiot
@@cheekytron22 well it could influence the psychological effect that killers can strive to achieve. If their “work” comes to no fruition, they may not feel motivated to strike.
It won’t prevent killings, but it would discourage the more dangerous kind of killers who kill for attention.
yeah keep quiet about the mass shootings we have almost every day
@@markissmart1308 No, he’s right. No pics of the shooter. Just honor the people who gave up their lives, so that guns are available to all and the 2A is safe.
@@helenpauls1496 the second amendment have been safe for 200 years its time for a change,
I'm so happy I live in Scandinavia.
If you trade security for freedom; you deserve neither.
nice and ethnically/culturally homogenous.
STAY THERE!
@@LordRykard9376 based
America is overrated
I AGREE!!! Do something, doing nothing is NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!
God… couldn’t hold back my tears with his every word.
God Bless him! I'll beg too..for Something......Anything..to be put in place to stop anyone from ever doing this again! CAMERAS...Buzzers at locked doors..Armed Police in our schools...Metal detectors... Whatever it takes to keep our precious children SAFE from sick, evil or psycho killers!
Have we considered taking guns away from psychos and kids?
@@EL-uj1pl Have you considered that option? That’s a very stupid suggestion either it’s going to cause a war or it’s going to create a black market for firearms you can make firearms on a printer these days
@@mikeking3400 that's how retarded and psychotically sick the US has become. GET RID OF THE FUCKING GUNS. It's a simple, proven solution. But you can't, because too many retards think they're protecting liberty, or some bullshit. All you can say is America is fine with children being slaughtered regularly, as long as it doesn't interfere with gunlovers fisting themselves with a semi-automatic. Evil cunts and fucking retards, that's who runs America.
@@mikeking3400 So we should LET the kids and psychos have the guns?
@@EL-uj1pl Do we? Do parents LET their kids murder them and then go on a killing spree?
I want you to reflect honestly right now it’s not to win an argument, it’s more about how society taught you to interact…how did you treat the weird kid in school? That guy who had no friends and was smelly, hated by everyone? Did you include them? Teach them how to pick up girls or help them study? Did you ever uplift anyone during your decade of school? Was that kid capable of understanding your intent if you ever did say you’re smelly, you’re so and so? Or did they just considered another insult? If you don’t know someone’s trying to help sometimes it comes off as hate.
That’s why communication is so important, so we can say “hey man everyone says so and so, but I think with a little bit of direction and confidence you’re really going to enrich your life, I’m not perfect but I do have this to offer, try doing this instead.”
That’s all I want from school, the math and history and science is all going to be forgotten but the memories that made you feel silly, or bad will stick with you for years. The guns are irrelevant to the problem and banning them will only add to the root causes it won’t fix anything. Kids need to be primarily focused on acquiring social skills until they’re 8 years old and continue on until they’re 18 years old. It doesn’t take 10 months to learn how to learn 6 fundamentals in mathematics the school system is to blame for its inefficient state.
I agree with Russell Brand. I think it's going to take EVERYONE to do something about this. Texas has some of the most lenient gun purchasing laws which is really stupid. It shouldn't be easy for someone like this kid to get a gun. I think people should have the right to own them, but they have to prove they can handle owning one safely. In my state you need multiple letters of recommendation, background check, etc. (layers to the whole process of just buying one). I think mental health is part of it too. It's a multi faceted problem. It takes a village to raise a child. It starts at the top but we need everyone to step up, including at the local level, to do something about it. One shooting is one too many.
We DEMAND more then prayers!!! Stop Selling GUNS!!!!!
@@zulusheksta1985 not gonna happen rosco.
Like what Laws? Can you give us examples of which laws are too lenient as opposed to what other States with the strictest that are sheer "Utopias" in comparison to Texas in regard to gun crime...I'll be right here waiting.
@@zulusheksta1985 You're a smoothbrain.
@@Blackadder153 like the laws that allow an 18 yrs old to buy assault rifles and magazines. If you don’t want to see a problem there, well….
Anger, anger, anger--most humans are not emotionally capable of accessing a gun of any kind, the only sane safe strategy is each owner / user must prove competence .
Even the CRIMINALS AND MURDERERS USING ILLEGAL UNREGISTERED GUNS????
Are YOU gonna seek them out and MAKE THEM???
Adrian Messenger take it easy Adrian. I think Rocky is lookin for ya
Hi, i'm a European citizen who just this morning found out about this terrible murder of innocent kids in their place of learning. this is not me gloating about being safe from gun violence, this is not me saying what people in the US / the US GOVT should do, but this is me expressing my condolences and praying for change for this destructive phenomenon
You expect far too much of the American people if you think they’ll change.
@@EL-uj1pl i know, sadly i have been known to always think the best of people. I just wanna believe that change is possible, yk ? even tho it's not
It is the like's of Chris Murphy , to do what is right , that will ; "Make America Great Again".
So well said Sen Murphy! 👏🏻
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
What? “Thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough anymore?
Where they ever?
It’s code words for acceptable deaths in the name of freedom.
@@paulh2116 Freedom from what?
@@porthmeor1 To not have any new restrictions on guns, people want 18-year-olds to buy whatever gun they want, they do not care about their intent with the weapon,
Republican's say they want to protect the unborn..taking away a woman's right to choose is their priority. So Republicans what about the born, the children that are here!! Protect the children in United States schools. Pass Gun safety laws that save the lives of our children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Republicans aren’t pro-life. Their actions show they hate the living, or are totally indifferent to them.
Call them pro-birth. That’s more accurate.
We already HAVE gun laws on the books. Unfortunately, CRIMINALS DONT GIVE A F*** ABOUT OBEYING LAWS!!!!
The born is your responsibility and the consequences of your action. Do not opt out and put it on others to take care of your mess. In the end, why should you care, killing children whether they were born or not is pretty much the same thing in the end.
He spoke from the heart and said what so many Americans felt on that day. Thank you senator you said what needed to be said.
We don't have a gun problem... we have a mental health issue and a society breakdown...
I don't usually trust politicians but this is so emotional & well said by this senator.. My deepest condolences & my heart goes out to all the families who lost someone in this shooting 😢💔
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
my god both parties must run using this one historic speech as their platform
The blood of those children and teacher are on the hands of those senators who will not pass that vote!
This is why Australia’s the greatest country in world 🇦🇺
Do something US Governments! Please! Can’t Protect our kids how to you protect our country!
This is a future leader watch this guy rise up and actually make a difference, what a powerful speech
nothing will change. you're too optimistic.
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
We will see if Alex Jones calls this one a hoax?
MTG probably beat him to it already
Sorry for being late, but he has actually. He called it "very opportunistic" and said it was suspicious.
Good for you Chris Murphy. Please keep going, please keep asking all the senators to do the right thing, I’m not a American, but it doesn’t matter, I preying for all the people who is trying to do the right thing as a human being, not as a citizen, but a mother, a daughter, a sister, a human being.
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
Such massacres will not stop as long as Americans love their guns more than their children.
How does any country allow anyone to walk into a store and purchase two semi automatic rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition???
Absolutely insane!!!
........over and over and over and over again.......
What are they doing? They are doing whatever it takes to maintain their hold on the little bit of power and prestige being a member of Congress affords them. They are not doing what is required to ensure the people of this country live safe, comfortable and productive lives. Neither Party has the slightest idea how to do that and as long as Corporations and the wealthiest 1% control the Congressional purse strings they never will.
I maybe be disliked for this, but ... if I make a business and it does well, I'd like to be rich too. I think that's okay. What's NOT okay are corporations trying to fiddle with American Politics. THOSE corporations and leaders of, said, corporations need to be up in jail for attempted bribery of an official. And, if that's not a law, then they should make this law, pass it, and then not have any Conflict of Interest issues or what-have-you.
@@zvjezdanveselinovic5765 Hun, Chevron recently arrested someone because they didn’t like that he exposed their waste disposal methods. They are the law. And they aren’t leaving.
@@EL-uj1pl seriously? Wow. That's broken.
@@zvjezdanveselinovic5765 You know what that's called when these executives/leaders of major corporations bribe politicians? It's called lobbying, in other words legal bribery; and it's been going on for a longggg time and it will continue to go as long as the people at the very top of these major corporations get their money. They don't give a damn about anything but the dollars they fill their pockets with. Thanks capitalism!
@@adriennebatchelor3722 Yeah. You're not wrong. There's no "quick" solution because, at the end, none of us are fortune tellers / oracles where we know what happens in the future. But, we should do something. I don't like the fact that I get to see my little cousins one week, and the next I'm dressing up in black and am going to their funeral. That's nuts to me.
Stop this madness!!!
You are spending time politicising issues like "Protecting the unborn" rather than looking after the living.
What's the difference? A life is a life.... you go along with ending abortion and I'll go along with getting rid of guns...fair?
@@scottcross6792 regardless of my opinion. There is a valid debate as to when life starts. Hence why abortion and when or if it's acceptable is complicated. But we all know school children are alive. Switzerland has a high population gun ownership but not the same problems with mass shootings. The US doesn't even want to consider reforming it's laws.
@@heatherneely9338 criminals will get guns and use them regardless of gun laws.... if you're going to murder someone gun laws will not stop you.... what we need to do is take that $40B that's headed to Ukraine and put law enforcement in the schools or train the teachers to use guns. More guns not less gun in law abiding citizens hands is the answer
@@heatherneely9338 also, you make an excellent point.... in Switzerland they have more guns and less mass shootings.... that just proves guns are not the problem, it's the people with the guns and I am all for dealing with them when they start to show signs they are going off the deep end.... this guy in Texas showed alot of signs he was losing his mind
@@scottcross6792 I agree that guns don't have to be a problem. I personally don't think people should have guns but my opinion doesn't matter. If guns are not a problem then fine. Clearly they are not a problem for every country. So what needs to change. Well guns are clearly a problem in America. (Not just America) so what needs to change and the culture, attitude, management and handling of the guns. Not simply add more guns in schools. The very definition of insanity is doing the same thing, expecting different results. How are guns ok in Sweden? Something has to change if you're going to see a change in gun crime. Deaths by gun crime, mass shootings is not a leader board you want to be near the top of.
What are we doing? WE ARE TURNING OUR BACKS TO GOD!!!!
There is no law or no question to ask why do a 18 yr old need such high velocity guns ???is he going for a war? Battle field? Is he need coz he is not safe ? Why why why?????? Why selling them such guns ? Did they check they background or mental health? Things need to change ..law needs correct itself
The right question is, How are we going to solve this problem?
Logically we should put armed security guards and metal detectors in these places. Mass shooters have often admitted they target areas with high gun control. --- but most likely they'll just argue for more gun control which will encourage more mass shootings.
Yeah..well the rest of the world does not have this problem...Lets see what is diffrent...Maybe gun control?
Errr jeez .. van the sale of weapons to , you know, the public say ? Just a thought.
Like we did in Britain 🇬🇧 after ONE school shooting ! Like Australia + NZ has.
Just a thought ..
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No. This could’ve been stopped but Chris Murphy and Dems blocked it
It's good to know that there are still some good and decent and sensible people in the world.
Yes, but "What are they doing?" Aside from spouting beautiful words of mercy and going on with their lives.
We've had since Columbine to get school mass shootings under control and we are still failing to protect the children.
We've had since Columbine for you to learn how to spell it!
@@gredw6733 Very funny but i thank you for pointing it out. ✌
A student in my country posted a video about how happy she is her school was on fire, so no school for a week. Is it the same problem? No, but as the senator said only happen in the United States. My condolences
I’m so sick of talk. I hope Senator Murphy’s impassioned speech finds some cold hearts and leads to actual action. 💔 This current state or our country is obscene.
You’re a good Senator. You make me proud to be from Connecticut. Tell those SOBs !!
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No. This could’ve been stopped but Chris Murphy and Dems blocked it
seems like only home schooling our children is the safer option now😢
I love this man...I love everything that he is saying. Good for him.
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No
“Say the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world.” Our Lady of Fatima May 13th 1917. If we are to have peace and harmony within our country, the United States 🇺🇸. We Catholic Christians and Knights of Columbus must take the Holy Rosary devotion very seriously.
Yeah!!! We should make a law against killing people🥴
Not rational for the NRA, parents and shooters to get a free pass everytime this happens...someone must be responsible...those poor damned kids!
It’s not the guns, he’s using a gun from the 50’s, it’s the culture that’s changed. We encourage mental instability in children at a young age, in my opinion the best thing is to teach kids the principles and consequences of social interactions.
How about the kid who chose to murder children? Do you think if someone has intent to kill that they won't just use another tool like a car or some other potentially dangerous object?
What the hell does the NRA have to do with it?
@@mikeking3400 every country has mental health issues. The US is the only country with these mass shooting issues
Someone is responsible. The idiot that done it is responsible.
When you have representatives portraying guns on Christmas cards, you should know that there is something seriously wrong in society.
Amen brother.
Yep, I don’t recall Mary and Joseph holding assault rifles with baby Jesus in the manger.
Yea blame the gun, not the killer. He used A HANDGUN. You take away guns, theyll use knives. Would you rather evil people stab 14 children? There needs to be uniformed security in every single school. Locked doors, access control, cameras. Not gun control because this non white person used a handgun to murder 16 people. STOP BLAMING THE WEAPONS INSTEAD OF THE PEOPLE
Those guns have been around for a long time, you know what’s new and prevalent in our society? Gender dysmorphia, asocial kids with iPhones and Gucci belts, drugs and hookers in middle school. You’re not looking at the solution because you’re still unaware of the problem.
@@mikeking3400 and the problem is? To any rational thinking person the problem here is guns, it’s just staring you in the face but you don’t see it.
I am right wing, but I honestly cannot believe the gun policies in America. It’s absolutely crazy.
My heart is broken for these kids and their families.
This speech is SOOOO important!!
Someone who says they are right wing would not challenge our gun laws. The reason is that guns do not kill people. I can't think of one gun that has killed someone without the person behind it. This animal in Texas killed those kids, not the gun. This animal in Texas would not follow gun laws if they were stronger, for Christ's sake he murdered them, what makes you think he would follow more stringent guns laws if he wouldn't follow our laws that prohibit murder. More stringent gun laws would only take the guns out of good citizens hands and only leave them in the hands of the murderers. The only answer is to lock schools down, train the teachers to use firearms (more guns, not fewer) and get rid of politicians that keep putting these animals back out on the street....I would be shocked if this was his first run in with the law. We need stricter punishment for the offenders and more guns in the hands of good citizens.
If so you better start voting for Dems cause the NRA has the GOP in their pockets to block Strict Gun Laws!
Watch Chris Murphy 8 month ago abject to senator Cruz more funding for police and mental health in school. He sad No. This could’ve been stopped but Chris Murphy and Dems blocked it
What we are doing is absolutely nothing.
A country full of crazies and a LOT of guns.