At least 19 children and two adults are dead after a horrific school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday (May 24). The rural town is located about 90 miles west of San Antonio.
According to ABC News, the 18-year-old suspect Salvador Ramos — who was a student at Uvalde High School — was fatally shot by police. Law enforcement says Ramos killed his grandmother prior to making his way to the school.
Two officers were also injured as they exchanged gunfire with Ramos, but they are expected to make a full recovery. The incident marks the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook in 2012 in which 26 people were killed, including 20 children.
“When parents drop their kids off at school, they have every expectation to know that they’re going to be able to pick their child up when that school day ends,” Governor Greg Abbott told the press. “And there are families who are in mourning right now. The state of Texas is in mourning with them for the reality that these parents are not going to be able to pick up their children.”
The scene began to unfold on Tuesday morning. School officials sent out a chilling tweet at 11:17 a.m. local time that read, “There is an active shooter at Robb Elementary. Law enforcement is on site. Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus. As soon as more information is gathered it will be shared. The rest of the district is under a Secure Status.
The most recent school shooting is the talk of Twitter right now and many members of the Hip Hop community are weighing in with their thoughts. Some are shocked, others are horrified and even more are angry. Due to the loose gun laws in Texas, Ramos was able to purchase an AR-15 rifle like he was buying a pack of gum.
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In a brief address from the White House, President Joe Biden called for action but didn’t advocate for a particular policy or vote.
“It’s just sick,” he said of the kinds of weapons that are easily available in the United States and used in mass shootings. “Where in God’s name is our backbone, the courage to do more and then stand up to the lobbies? It’s time to turn this pain into action.”
Missy Elliott, Chuck D, Offset, Metro Boomin, R.A. The Rugged Man, CHIKA, Living Legends’ Luckyiam, Page Kennedy and Public Enemy are among the many tweeting about the tragedy. HipHopDX sends our support to the families of the deceased.
Yet retards will continue to defend the idea of owning guns outside the realm of home defense and hunting, such as owning assault rifles, smgs and extended mags, ease of access to purchase etc. The same stupid sentence I keep hearing “GUNS DONT KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE”……let’s see how many people this little pussy would have killed without his guns??
For one, the US is the country that accepts most immigrants. So your nickname is stupid. Second, assault rifles are illegal here. Third, this little pussy could have stabbed the hell out of these kids like it happens in so many other places. If you’re gonna kill a bunch of children, you don’t need guns.
It’s interesting how you focus on other ways the killer could’ve used to get the same outcome. If we take your analogy we would still have to recognize the fact that knives don’t even have the same efficacy as guns. Need I say the crime would’ve been more complex to commit, authorities could’ve been alerted sooner, more victims could’ve been saved and his life may have been saved.
stay in your own country. the only country in the world where outsiders think they have an opinion on the united states. if you have time to comment on america, i damn sure you’re country has nothing wrong. stick your own “mate”
and what stopped him from killing more? oh yeah someone else with a gun. all these people with armed security n bodyguards talkin bout give up ur wepons gtfoh u first
The question any sane person would be asking is why was in a position to kill so many people at ease with a deadly weapon.
Well done for those in the hiphop community speaking out about this tragedy especially legends like Chuck and Missy Elliot, but I can’t help but see the hypocrisy in Offset condemning gun violence when you see how much this dummy promotes gun violence in his lyrics.
ur right but he doesnt say he uses it against kids goofy.
Lies! Offset only raps about toy guns and make believe situations. He wouldn’t hurt a fly.
I understand what page Kennedy is saying. But evil people will always find a way. In the UK criminals still somehow manage to get hold of guns. Not on the same level as the US but they still get through. Mental health is clearly a big issue in some of these shootings. I also think this won’t be the last mass shooting this year. Unfortunately.
Bro, guns are illegal in Mexico and it’s one of the deadliest countries in the world. So what you’re saying is 100 percent correct
Man laws have no effect if they are not enforced. Your use Mexico isn’t a good example. Fact is, the place is overrun by poverty and the influence of its northern and southern neighbours who have a strong gun culture that’s why it’s a deadly place. Cocaine is not a legalized export in Mexico but a lot of it still passes through there. Fact is the US making changes to gun laws and restricting supply does make a huge difference, not only in America but beyond.
Yeah well, USA is not a developing country like Mexico. Mexico is dangerous because of drug trafficking cartels and the law enforcement is notoriously corrupt. They do not have issues with mentally unstable young men killing schoolchildren. We are first world, so we should be comparing ourselves to first world countries (who do not have gun problems). The UK’s gun issues are also minuscule compared to America’s. Idiots.
I lived in the US the first 27 years of my life and have been living in Mexico the past 3. Never felt safer than I do here. I grew up hearing gun shots all the time and being stuck up, robbed at gunpoint. I’ve never once even felt nervous here, nevermind seen a gun. It’s a really safe country for civilians but obviously there’s cartel violence, their neighbor to the north is the biggest drug addict on earth and drug money props up the entire economy. Sure, you hear of people having bad experiences, there have been murders in my town, but it’s cartel shit and they are very strict about not harming civilians because it harms tourism and that’s bad for business. Say what you want about Mexico, but my kids will never worry about being shot in class… It’s a shit analogy. Bottom line is there’s no valid reason for a right to bear arms other than “they make me feel cool and I want them”. The majority of the planet gets by just fine without a gun to protect themselves. Some people gotta die, least we can do is make it as hard as possible to pull it off on a large scale
this is what the far left do to try and change the law. someone said something about offset what kind of music was this homey listening to.
Americans cling to their amendments written centuries ago in a non-civil time by racist white people.
Change the system! Abandon the antiqued mentality. America is a joke to the rest of the world watching and needs to revamp the laws, state structure and the arrogant American mentality that plagues the political and economic systems.
Get rid of guns!
Bro, are we seriously going to go there and blame white people? Why not blame the assholes that pull the trigger? And we can guns and then what? We can then ban certain knives like they do in some places in Europe? Or how about we ban cars or hammers? Fuck that and fuck your idea.
This is why this site is lame now. If youre so offended by the “white comments” go to a White site . Hip hop is built on BLACK culture. And yes we are going to blame white people
The most ignorant comment on here. So what you’re saying basically is that all black people are racist against white people. You’re right. Comments like yours is what makes this site lame. Must be nice to blame other people for any and everything while not holding people accountable for their own actions.
Your a goofy racist idiot, turn your TV off clown.
anyone can be arrogant and every white american isn’t racist. people criticise that country like yourself stop making these generalisations its offensive.
You are whats wrong with this country. Look in the mirror. Read a few books. Travel a little and open your mind. Your thought process is so limited.
I’m sure your shithole country is doing WAY better. Meanwhile you’re on a hip hop site, using a smart phone, electricity and the internet. All American inventions. Idiot. Al invented while we had guns.
safest time in human history news just travels faster outside a handful of zipcodes youre more likely to die from your tv falling off the wall than a from a strangers gun, media got people living in fear
Agreed, except we certainly do not live in the safest point in human history… not even CLOSE. Every country is currently committing genocide…
thats not a new phenomenon 30+ – thousands of years ago you didnt hear about it a thousand times a day within minutes of it happening. life expectancy has doubled in the last 200 years, in 1976 in cleveland there were 36 car bommings just over the summer thats one every few days you think bigger cities had less? the early 90s is when it peaked when they declared war on super predators and threw all the shooters in a cage, read a book its the SAFEST time in human history to be alive, 150 years ago you had a 50/50 chance of dying on your 6 month trip to oregon, now it takes a few hours and your sitting in a chair 10,000 feet in the air going 700mph, youre more likely to die chocking on a pretzel than being killed by a strangers gun
You are retarded. This is BY FAR the safest time in history. Media. Cel phones. Antibiotics. Stalin alone killed 5 X as many people than have died by firearm in the history of the US. Marinate on that. Idiot.
I’m black and no one is taking my guns
Let me guess… felon? LOL. When you’re locked up they took your guns. Dummy.
The last thing that should be questioned is guns… why would anyone let alone a young person have such a mentality to carry out such a horrific event… Why are parents allowing kids to play games that involves killing and hurting others before the puberty even takes place, schools not have elementary children being asked yo go home.and ask there father about his election and ejaculated? We have sick people that run the world… so the answer is to take away the only means of protection? You kids must have not hears of the bill passed on the 22nd thst gives the WEF (world economic forum) full control over essentially any country, overrides any and all constitution??
kids grew up and grow up in actually wars and war zones with actual bodies in the street and have for thousands of years, video games/movies/music has nothing to do with it, notice you never have toxicology reports on these shooters? cuz every other commercial is big pharma, who knows what pills their on or should be on, side effects include suicidal tendencies)murderous thoughst), depression, diareah bdelusions hallucinations yadda yadda yadda, plus they stopped putting crazy people in special hospitals because theres no profit in that so they just leave them out on the streets youll never see whats in these whackos blood streams it all gets covered up
I know what your saying, media/games are essentially just a way for them to.groom people, to make them feel as if murder is ok, it’s being normalized which is also going tread to psychological issues, pills and the V indefinitely could be to blame too.
Yesterday, my opinion changed. My right to bare arms isn’t more important than a child’s life. They don’t want to ban guns, they simply want processes to ensure they aren’t as accessible as they are by people who are unwell enough to shoot a 10yo in the head. I know, deep down, we all realise this is the right thing that needs to be done, even if it means we have to wait a day or so for paperwork to clear before we buy an assault rifle from Kmart.
If you want to give up your guns that is perfectly fine. Just because that’s what you want to do doesn’t mean that it’s what everyone else wants to do. Virtue signaling does not make you look good. While sprinkling actual misinformation. This is a question. How come we these things need to politicized immediately after happening? Why can’t we be sad for this cause it’s a terrible thing? What your proposing is already a thing. It’s nothing new. Here’s an idea. Why don’t we have police at schools or places that are “gun free zones” where most of these types of things happen? Meet force with greater force. You’re proposing to take away everyone’s guns that follow the law so they can’t protect themselves or their families.
I don’t think a sign out the front of a school that says ‘gun free zone’ is going to deter someone hellbent on shooting a bunch of random ten year olds in the middle of the day
Factz.
You know that horrible thing that happened? Yeah. I don’t like that. That sucks.
I’m glad all of these rich people who’s kids go to private schools have chimed in. We now need Killer Mike or T.I. To explain how this is racist, and somehow there is systematic racism yet they are millionaires.
These gangster rappers rap about killing kids all the time, what a bunch of hypocrites
Instead of saying ‘I have the right to protect my family’ y’all should say ‘I don’t know how to fight and can’t teach my kids to fight, and guns are easier than learning how to’
yeah because fists will really protect your family against armed criminals coming in your home
Guns won’t stop you from killing innocent civilians the next time you decide to go on a self induced rampage.