President Biden condemned gun violence and assaults on the LGBTQ community following Saturday's mass
President Biden condems gun violence and attacks on the LGBTQ community after a mass shooting Saturday evening at Club Q in Colorado.
The president said that “no motive” yet determined in the shooting, but considered the attack to the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Florida 6 years ago. Police say 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich killed 5 people and injured 18 more in his assult.
“While no motive in this attack is yet clear, we know that the LGBTQI+ community has been subjected to horrific hate violence in recent years,” Biden wrote.
“Gun violence continues to have a devastating and particular impact on LGBTQI+ communities across our nation and threats of violence are increasing. We saw it 6 yearsago in Orlando, when our nation suffered the deadliest attack affecting the LGBTQI+ community in American history.”
“We must address the public health epidemic of gun violence in all of its forms. Earlier this year, I signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly three decades, in addition to taking other historic actions. But we must do more. We need to enact an assault weapons ban to get weapons of war off America’s streets,” he said.
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