Rep. Judy Chu, who represents Monterey Park, California, stated she could not consider the extent of the violence when she heard of Saturday's bloodbath on the Star Ballroom Dance Studio — "one of many worst mass shootings in L.A. County."
Chu, who's a former mayor of the California metropolis and as a longtime resident, additionally stated she was outraged "as a result of there are far too many of those mass shootings happening."
"We've to take actions to make it possible for individuals are secure in America," she stated.
Chu, who represents California's twenty eighth congressional district, is a part of the gun security caucus in Congress. She stated the group has labored on gun management laws together with on common background checks that will "take weapons out of harmful individuals's palms." She stated it ought to have handed "a very long time in the past."
"I need to say to those that are resistant to those gun security legal guidelines: Shield America. Shield your fellow neighbors. You do not know if the following individual might be the one you love," she stated.
The bloodbath, which left 10 individuals lifeless, was the fifth mass killing in america this month. It occurred throughout a Lunar New Yr celebration.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna stated 5 males and 5 girls had been killed on the Star Ballroom Dance Studio. After the taking pictures, the suspect, recognized as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in close by Alhambra, however some people wrestled the firearm away from him and he took off.
After an hours-long manhunt, the suspect was discovered lifeless of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, investigators stated.
Police discovered a magazine-fed semi-automatic assault pistol with an prolonged large-capacity journal whereas looking the Lai Lai Ballroom. Luna stated he believes that kind of weapon may not be authorized in California, which has a few of the nation's strictest gun legal guidelines.
Chu stated extra motion and coverage modifications are wanted to assist forestall such tragedies from occurring once more.
"We all know there are concrete, widespread sense steps that we are able to take to cease all this horrible and mindless violence," she stated.
"Why do we now have so many weapons on this nation and much more on the horizon? It is not proper," she stated. "Different nations do not function this fashion, and we should always not both."