The Philadelphia Union footballer and former Nantes player Alenjandro Bedoya took advantage of his goal Sunday night to address the US Congress in the aftermath of the two mass killings in El Paso and Dayton, which killed30 according to a new record. "Congress, do something now." End gun violence, "said the 32-year-old former Nantes player in a field mike. In French, "Congress, Act Now, Stop Gun Violence."
So Ale Bedoya grabbed a field-level mic after scoring his goal and shouted, live on national television:
"HEY CONGRESS, DO SOMETHING, END GUN VIOLENCE NOW."
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"See that it [the mass killings, Ed] always arrive, it's absurd, I will not sit, watch it happen, and say nothing," developed the winger after the match Major League Soccer won 5-1. "Before being an athlete and a football player, I am first of all a human being, I have children, I am not the only one to feel that, something has to be done, we have become almost insensitive to that's a major problem. "
Towards more control over gun sales?
On Monday, Donald Trump called for further oversight of gun sales. He wants a better background check on those wishing to buy firearms, but also links this measure to "urgently needed migration reform".
After these two carnages, several elected Democrats recalled that the House of Representatives had adopted a bill several months ago in the direction of a better regulation of firearms sales. The lower house, with a Democratic majority, has adopted a text "more than 5 months ago to require basic background checks on arms sales," said Sunday one of the candidates for the Democratic primary for the presidential election of 2020, Elizabeth Warren.