"This epidemic of mass
slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school shooting," Murphy
said, "it only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad
luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. We are responsible for a level of
mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere
else."
The Connecticut Democrat has been an outspoken supporter of gun control
legislation for years, representing the state where the Sandy Hook Elementary
School shooting occurred in 2012, in which 20 children were fatally shot.
Murphy began his floor speech Wednesday by highlighting that "this happens
nowhere else other than the United States of America." "As a parent,
it scares me to death that this body doesn't take seriously the safety of my
children, and it seems like a lot of parents in South Florida are going to be
asking that same question later today," he said. "We pray for the
families, for the victims. We hope for the best." Murphy has criticized
his fellow members of Congress for inaction before, notably after the largest
mass shooting in modern American history, in Las Vegas last October.”
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