U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday promised to "continue to press" for tighter gun controls, an increasingly urgent demand in the country still in the shock of last week's Yuvaldi massacre.
"The pain is still palpable," said the U.S. president, who visited the Texas city yesterday and spent hours with the families of the victims.
Last Tuesday, 19 children between the ages of 9 and 11 and two schools at Rob Elementary School were shot dead by a teenager, plunging the United States back into the nightmare of school shootings.
"I've always had the desire" to move on the issue of guns, Biden told reporters today, adding that he would "continue to press" in that direction.
"It doesn't make sense to be able to buy something that can fire up to 300 shots."
Negotiations have taken place between Democratic and Republican lawmakers in an effort to resolve the thorny issue on which Joe Biden has so far failed to legislate.
The Democratic president said Monday that he had not participated in the discussions. But he said, "I think things are getting so dangerous that everyone is more rational about it."
The United States witnessed several shootings over the weekend that left four dead and dozens injured, according to a gun violence archive.
It was a long weekend in the United States, with Monday celebrating "Memorial Day", which generally leads to more such violence, especially during the free months of the year.
Six teenagers were injured Saturday night in Chattanooga, Tennessee, "during what appeared to be a fight with other young men," Mayor Tim Kelly wrote on Twitter.
State authorities said another shooting occurred Sunday, leaving one dead and seven injured, including a child, during a festival in Taft, Oklahoma.
In Texas, Yuvaldi, who is still in shock at the school attack, was preparing to bury the 21 victims.
The funeral will begin On Tuesday and will run until mid-June. Among the first ceremonies was the funeral of Amiri Joe Garza, a child who had just celebrated her 10th birthday when she was killed.