Emanuel Cleaver tweeted the following:
"We are better than this. Missouri is better than this. And our kids deserve better than this. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was an important first step, but more common-sense gun safety laws are needed if we want to comprehensively address the gun violence epidemic."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Emanuel Cleaver:
"This school had metal detectors and 7 security officersand still a gunman was able to kill multiple people and injure several others. How many more school shootings are we going to force on kids before we realize its the easy access to guns that is enabling this destruction?"Read on Twitter
"Extreme lawmakers in Missouri have been doing the bidding of the NRA for years by rolling back gun safety laws that have proven to save lives. The result? More deaths than ever.missouriindependent.com/2021/10/31/whe"Read on Twitter
"My prayers are with the families that are feeling unfathomable pain caused by this horrific tragedy, the students who have been traumatized, and the community that will have to endure from this death and destruction. My heart breaks for your loss and suffering. twitter.com/stltoday/statu"Read on Twitter