1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: The United States has suffered at least get this number. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: This is unimaginable. Three hundred and eighty five mass shootings 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: so far this year. We're just in September, okay. According 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: those in which four or more victims are shot, this 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: includes Wednesday's deadly rampage at Appalachi High School in winder Georgia. 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: Vice President Kamala Harris called the shooting that killed four 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: people at a Georgia high school a quote senseless tragedy. 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: Speaking at a rally in New Hampshire on Wednesday, vice 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: President Harris set her heart is with the students and 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: the teachers of the school. The Vice President went on 12 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: to say, it's just outrageous that every day in our country, 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: in the United States of America, that parents have to 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: send their children to school worried about whether or not 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: their child will come a home live. That is our reality. 16 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: While President Joe Biden said he and First Lady Jill 17 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: Biden are mourning those killed in the shooting, did manded 18 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: that Congress moved to pass gun control legislation, and we 19 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: know how we. 20 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: Just finished talking about this, y'all, y'all remember that yesterday. 21 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: Finish about the kids and the phones at school. 22 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 2: Kids with the phones in the school, Should they have them? 23 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 2: Should I not have? 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: Then? 25 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 2: I was, you know, letting you guys know that I 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 2: wanted my son have his phone so he can at 27 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: least tell me when something is going wrong. 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, And some of the kids did have cell phones 29 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: and they were able to reach their parents. 30 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 3: I mean, can you imagine as a parent getting the 31 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 3: text so one of the senior students text his mom, 32 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 3: I love you. Can you imagine things? It's I will 33 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 3: not change until legislation, until we hold our elected officials accountable, 34 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 3: make change, make change, otherwise it's going to be the 35 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 3: same thing. This is heartbreaking that we're going through this, 36 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 3: that we say this and all they said every time, 37 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: our thoughts and prayers. If they don't want to do 38 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 3: anything about them control, it's. 39 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: Just because of what the NRI. Let's tell it what 40 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: it is. 41 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, because of the money, so much money, and they 42 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: fill all its campaigns and all of that. Yeah. 43 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 3: Do you think you know there was a situation there 44 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 3: was a school shooting in Michigan, and they held the 45 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:19,839 Speaker 3: parent of the shooter responsible and found them guilty as well. 46 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: And there's serving time now, right. 47 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that that needs to be the case 48 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 3: to hold parents accountable and respond to how are these kids. 49 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 3: It's fourteen year old now, who's going to be tried 50 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 3: as an adult? He would get the gun? How did 51 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 3: he get access to the gun? And I'm not saying 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 3: it was at the home. I'm just saying if it was, then. 53 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: Nine times out of ten it's at the house. Call 54 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 2: nine times out of ten the parent has let the 55 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 2: kids know where it is. You know what's in your house, 56 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 2: you know to it, they got access to it, you 57 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 2: know what's there. You just you just got to I mean, 58 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 2: my wife don't want no guns in the house at all. 59 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: Can you blame her? 60 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: Though? 61 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: We have to do something about this some way, somehow, 62 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: and most definitely we are praying for the victims of 63 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: this horrible, horrific gun shooting yet again. All right, thanks guys. 64 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: Coming up at thirty four minutes after the hour, we'll 65 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: have more of the Steve Harvey Morning Show right after this. 66 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.