Democrats and Republicans share shame of gun violence

After the elementary school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed 21 lives, including 19 children, less than two months ago, US President Joe Biden said in his condolence remarks: "I had hoped, when I became president, I would not have to do this again."

Regretfully, he has had to do it yet again. His share of doing it as US president is no less than his predecessors, if not more. But, like most of his predecessors, he has chosen to dedicate more time and energy to displays of anguish rather than trying to solve the problem, even if protecting public security is a basic obligation of the state leader.

In a statement issued after the Highland Park mass shooting on Monday, which claimed six lives and wounded dozens during a Fourth of July parade in Chicago, Illinois, Biden said: "Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community on this Independence Day."