The girl, who described how was smeared with the blood of a murdered companion so the 18-year-old gunman who opened fire in her classroom would think she was dead, too, said she already she didn’t feel safe at schoolduring the hearing on the regulation of firearms in the USA.
When asked in a pre-recorded video testimonial what she wanted to see happen at her school, she replied: “Be safe”. And when she was asked if she felt safe at school, she shook her head and admitted: “I don’t want it to happen again”.
“Miah has nightmares and is still recovering from bullet fragments in his back”said his father, Miguel Cerrilloto USA Today.
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The girl’s testimony comes as Congress faces a increasing pressure to respond to escalating armed violence across the countryespecially in the form of mass shootings (incidents with at least four dead or injured, not including the attacker).
The massacres that occurred at Miah’s school and, days before, at a supermarket in buffaloin upstate New York, shocked the nation, reigniting urgent calls for gun safety reforms.
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Roy Guerreroa pediatrician who treated several victims in Uvalde, and Zeneta Everhartthe mother of a survivor of the racist massacre in Buffalo, which left 10 African-Americans dead, will also speak.
“I hope that all my colleagues will listen with open hearts as survivors of gun violence and their loved ones recount one of the darkest days of their lives“, said Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the Committee on Reform and Oversight. “Ultimately, this hearing is about save lifes and I hope it will galvanize my colleagues across the political spectrum to pass legislation to do just that,” he added.
A group of Democratic and Republican senators is working on a normative Even though limitedcould become the first serious attempt to reform gun regulation in decades.
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The package seeks increase funding for mental health services and school safetyexpand the background checks on gun buyers and encourage states to institute so-called “red flag laws”which authorize the confiscation of weapons from persons considered a threat.
Does not include an assault weapons ban or universal background checkswhich means that it will not meet the expectations of the president Joe Bidenprogressive Democrats, and anti-gun violence activists.
If an agreement is reached, the initiative will still have to face the challenge of a Senate divided equally between Democrats and Republicansand get the votes of at least 10 Republicans, a force in which the majority is against significant regulatory reform.
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The Democrats, meanwhile, who control the House of Representativesare preparing to approve this Wednesday a much broader package of proposalswhat includes increase the purchase age for semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 years.
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