Galante For Delegate Statement On Mass Shootings In El Paso and Dayton

by Kay B | Aug 5, 2019 | Gun Safety, Issues, Racism | 0 comments

For Immediate Release 

Contact: Sam Falconer, Campaign Manager – Galante for Delegate

Email: sam@galantefordelegate.com

Marshall, VA (August 4) – In the span of a mere 13 hours this weekend, 29 Americans, including 4 children, were murdered at a Wal-Mart in El Paso and at an entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio. The El Paso shooting is the 8^th deadliest in American history, and the Dayton shooting is the 250^th mass shooting this year. Two other shootings earlier this week, one at a neighborhood Wal-Mart and another at a garlic festival, mean 34 Americans died in mass shootings this week alone. 

We mourn and pray for the families who lost loved ones in El Paso, Dayton, Gilroy and Southaven, but we owe these families more than words. Law–abiding gun owners in rural Virginia know what responsible gun ownership looks like. It’s time our politicians took their responsibility to preserve both public safety and the Second Amendment seriously. We must act now to deal with this scourge at both the state and federal level.