Brandon Flowers on “heartbreaking” Ulvade school shooting: “What’s sad is we’ve come to expect it”

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Brandon Flowers has called for stricter gun control laws in the US in the wake of this week’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.On Tuesday (May 24), an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School, which teaches children aged seven to 10.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed that the suspect was later shot dead by responding law enforcement officials.At least 19 children and two teachers were killed in the attack.

It marked the US’ deadliest school shooting since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting back in 2012, and is the nation’s third-deadliest school shooting in history.In a new interview with Rolling Stone UK, The Killers‘ frontman said that the latest incident in Uvalde was “heartbreaking”.“What’s sad is that we’ve come to expect it,” Flowers told the outlet. “It’s not shocking, it’s just heartbreaking because people should be up in arms and our politicians should be fighting to figure it out and they’re just not.”He continued: “It’s a big part of American culture and when those laws were passed, they [politicians at the time] couldn’t have foreseen the kind of guns and ammunition that people could go and buy at a local store.

They had no idea that was going to happen and we need to figure out a way to address it, whether it’s stricter gun laws, background checks and who has access to them.“I’m not the first person to say this, but the sad thing is that we’ve grown accustomed to these stories.