US President Joe Biden will pivot the Nashville shooting conversation to the “standard talking point” of gun control, according to Sky News contributor Kosha Gada.
Nashville Metropolitan Police Chief John Drake named the shooter as Audrey Hale, 28, who killed six students and staff.
“Whenever these horrific tragedies happen, that issue becomes front and centre,” she told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “The other issue … is there is just a mental health crisis, we have become really a sick society in general for many reasons.”
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