While there are background checks and other measures in place in the state, “the results of yesterday's shooting show us that they are not strong enough,” Weaver said. Weaver added, “I'm not certain that if the ban had not been overturned that this killer would have made any different choices.” The mayor said an assault weapons ban was passed in the city in 2018, but earlier this month, a Colorado district court judge blocked the city from enforcing its ban. And the interview he gave today indicates that he's with us and we really need everyone to make their voices heard at this time,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper.Įarlier, President Biden called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban and tighten background checks.
“The real message is cities can't handle this problem. The rules need to come from the state and the federal level, so what I'll be sharing with the President - if I speak to him - is that we would really appreciate his support. “For now, we're really trying to do our best to comfort the families, the friends of the 10 people who are no longer with us,” he added. I know Congress is looking at closing that loophole.” “We have, for instance, universal background checks in Colorado, but some of our neighboring states don't. To me, I think there will be a broad discussion about the policy side,” Polis continued. “He gave some comforting words to Colorado. “He expressed his condolences, He's seen a lot of loss in his life, including, of course, his son and his wife, and so many others. “We had a good conversation,” the governor said. Polis also said he spoke with President Biden today after the President called for a ban on assault weapons and for Congress to pass two-gun control measures. He said he will speak with the families of the victims “when they’re ready to take the call.”
The governor said he ordered flags throughout the state to be flown at half-staff for 10 days to honor the 10 victims in Monday’s shooting. I think all of us are going to have those little flutters in our hearts as we go shopping next time, just recognizing what happened here in Boulder.” “Never ever does it cross your mind that that trip to the grocery store could be your last moments on earth. “This is just where everybody goes to pick up groceries, right? We have a few big grocery stores in town, like in most towns across the country, people go buy groceries,” Polis told CNN's Pamela Brown on the "The Situation Room" Tuesday. The officer wrote, “No witnesses could see or hear any reason” for the attack, and that Alissa said that the victim “had made fun of him & called him racial names weeks earlier.”Īlissa, who is now 21, pleaded guilty in March 2018 and was sentenced to one year probation, 48 hours of community service, and “treatment to address response to anger,” according to the court documents. Alissa “got on top of & punched him in head several more times,” the report says, adding that the victim “had bruising, swelling & cuts to head, as well as pain.” The case stemmed from a November 2017 incident in which Alissa, then-18, “got up in classroom, walked over to victim & ‘cold-cocked’ him in the head,” according to a report from a police officer included in the case file. In February 2018, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was charged with assault after allegedly attacking a classmate at Arvada West High School in the Denver suburb of Arvada. The suspect in the Boulder, Colorado, shooting pleaded guilty to third-degree assault approximately three years ago after attacking a high school classmate, according to court documents and a police report.
0 kommentar(er)
