Biden calls for unity to eradicate hate in the US.

President Joe Biden called for unity on Sunday to deal with the “I hate that it remains a stain on the soul of USA” after a mass shooting in a Buffalo supermarket, New Yorkwhile state officials called for action at the federal level to end the “uniquely American phenomenon” of mass shootings.

At an annual police ceremony on Capitol Hill, Biden said he and his wife Jill pray for those who were shot “For a man armed alone, who carried weapons of war and a soul full of hate”, and for their families.

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Authorities say an 18-year-old white man in military clothing opened fire on customers and workers at the supermarket on Saturday, killing 10 people, including a retired police officer from buffalo, in addition to injuring three others. Most of the victims were black.

Law enforcement authorities said Sunday that the shooter had researched the local demographics looking for places with high concentrations of black people.

“We must all work together to confront the hate that remains a stain on America’s soul”Biden declared at the 41st National Peace Officers Memorial Service honoring police officers who have fallen in the line of dutyr. “Our hearts are heavy again, but the determination must never, never waver.”

People bow before an altar set up near the scene of the massacre at a Buffalo supermarket. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

“No one understands this better than the people sitting across from me.” he added. The White House announced that the Bidens will travel to buffalo on Tuesday to mourn with the community.

In his speech at the ceremony for the second time as president, Biden did not refer to the exhortations of the New York authorities – Governor Kathy Hochul and the mayor of buffaloByron Brown—for strong federal action to end what Brown said is the “uniquely American phenomenon” of mass shootings.

The president also did not mention the initiatives for arms control that have stalled in Washington.

Brown expressed frustration that after every mass shooting “thoughts and prayers” and promises to act are offered, only to be blocked by “some of one of the parties”.

“It seems that there are those who believe that owning a weapon is more valuable than the sacredness of human life,” the mayor said in the program “Meet the Press” from NBC. “So I think people across the country have to make themselves heard. They need to speak louder and clearer that there should be gun control in this country. This is a uniquely American phenomenon. These mass shootings don’t happen in other countries around the world.”

Police officers at the scene of a mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Market grocery store in Buffalo, New York, USA. (EFE/EPA/BRANDON WATSON).

Brown said he would like to see a “sensible gun control”.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, stated that stricter gun control measures are “a high priority” for the Democrats and the White House. He lamented the difficulties in advancing this type of legislation due to the need to have 60 votes in the Senate, which is divided 50%, but promised in the program “State of the Union” from CNN that “We won’t leave until the job is done”.

Hochul said most of the illegal guns being used on the streets of his cities come from out of state. “We need a national response,” he told NBC.

“We have to get other states to step up. We need the federal government to be on our side,” said Hochul, a native of buffalo.

Source: Elcomercio