'There's consequences when you divide, when you try to push people apart. There are going to be others who take that to another level,' Fred Guttenberg said.
Authorities identified Payton Gendron, a white 18-year-old, as the gunman accused of launching an attack on predominantly Black shoppers and workers at the Tops Friendly Market, killing 10 people and injuring three others, on Saturday afternoon.at his high school. But he was never charged with a crime and had no further contact with law enforcement after his release from a hospital following a mental health evaluation, according to The Associated Press.
Guttenberg, who has been campaigning for gun control legislation since his 14-year-old daughter Jaime was killed in the 2018 shooting at Parkland, Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, toldthat there is not much stopping the next potential mass shooter from acquiring deadly firearms. Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland High School shooting, said that he believes some Republican politicians bear some responsibility for mass shootings, such as the deadly incident at a Buffalo supermarket this weekend. Pictured, Guttenberg speaks as Gabby Giffords and gun violence survivors gather in front of the Supreme Court on November 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C.