On Sunday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered flags in the country to be flown at half-staff for five days until Aug. 8 in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the shootings.
"Our Nation mourns with those whose loved ones were murdered in the tragic shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, and we share in the pain and suffering of all those who were injured in these two senseless attacks," Trump said in a proclamation.
Approaching Sunday evening, the site of the shooting in Dayton has been reopened, and multiple vigils are planned for both Dayton and El Paso.
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For some people, the repeating gun violence is senseless. They said action has to be taken to impose stricter rules to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands.
At a demonstration in front of the White House, members of activist group Moms Demand Action chanted slogans such as "Not one more!" "No more silence, end gun violence!"
Larry Lipton, a member of the group from Michigan, told Xinhua that "something has to be done," while lamenting "there are people in the government that are blocking it."
"We are not going to stop until we get gun safety legislation," he said. "We are going to keep fighting until we have gun safety in schools, in churches, in shopping malls."
Lipton said his group calls for universal background checks, red flag laws, raising the age requirements for owning a gun, among other changes.
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