On Monday, March 27th, six people were killed in a shooting at a K-12 school in Nashville, Tennessee. The Covenant School is a Christian private school associated with the Presbyterian Church in America. Three nine-year-old students were killed, as well as a substitute teacher, the head administrator, and a custodian. The suspect was identified first as a \u201cyoung female teenager\u201d and then as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who attended the school and is believed to be a transgender man known as Aiden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Queer communities, while mourning the losses in Nashville, are already fearing anti-trans repercussions as a result, despite the fact that over 97% of mass shootings in the United States are perpetrated by cisgender men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Republican Congress member Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously introduced legislation to make gender-affirming care for trans people a felony, tweeted, \u201cHow much hormones like testosterone and medications for mental illness was the transgender Nashville school shooter taking? Everyone can stop blaming guns now.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shooter utilized at least three weapons, including two assault rifles and a pistol. Investigators said that at least two of the guns were obtained legally in the Nashville area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Biden called on Congress to ban certain types of assault rifles, which he has done many times without success since assuming the Presidency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Tuesday, the day after the shooting, he said that he, \u201ccan\u2019t do anything [about limiting gun violence] except plead with the Congress to act reasonably.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden also ordered American flags to be flown at half mast until March 31st \u201cas a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on March 27, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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