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A bipartisan group of nine U.S. senators met Wednesday to discuss new legislation in the wake of the Uvalde massacre. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said he hoped lawmakers would target what he called the source of U.S. mass shootings.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: “It seems to me there are two broad categories that underscore the problem: mental illness and school safety.”
Senator McConnell did not mention guns as a source of mass shootings.
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