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May 25, 2022 - 10:31 BST Emmy Griffiths James Corden has spoken out against gun laws in a passionate speech on his chat show, The Late Late Show, following the tragic news that 18 students and two teachers were killed in a school shooting in Texas.In his opening speech, he said:"As you’ll know by now a gunman entered a school in Texas and killed at least 18 children and two adults. It’s unfathomable. As a father, I can’t imagine the horror of that phone call.
He continued:"I don’t know what has to happen to change things here. I am constantly shocked by the number of people who must think this is an okay by product to never make meaningful changes to gun laws. It doesn’t make sense to me. This doesn’t reflect the country that I think America is. The America I’ve always admired - you have a problem and you solve it. You’re on the forefront of medicine, of technology, of innovation.
Yet on this issue, America is one of the most backward places in the world. This year there have been no school shootings in England. This year there have been no school shootings in Japan. This year there have been no school shootings in Australia. This year there have been 27 school shootings in America, and 212 mass shootings. And we are five months into the year.He concluded:"I will probably be standing here talking in another week or two about another place.
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