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Why gun control laws don't pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, legislation introduced in response to mass killings has…

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Police face growing criticism over response to Texas school shooting as parents speak out

UVALDE, Texas — With criticism swelling about the police response to the Texas elementary school massacre, a law enforcement official said Thursday that the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers entered the school “unobstructed” through an unlocked door 12 minutes after police were alerted about a man nearby…

Los Angeles Times

Six biggest unanswered questions about the Uvalde shooting and investigation in Texas

Major questions remain about motive and effectiveness of police response

The Independent UK

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NRA stages marketing event as Texas mourns school shooting

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” -- and deflect any blame for -- the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in…

The Independent UK

Salvador Ramos’ grandfather reveals blood-stained house after teen shot grandmother in face

Family didn’t know he had guns in house

The Independent UK

The Uvalde shooting conspiracies show how far-right misinformation is evolving

Rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories were rampant on right-wing social media before verifiable information came out about the gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school.

WEKU

Duchess of Sussex pays poignant tribute to victims of Texas school gun rampage

The Duchess of Sussex laid a bouquet of white roses at a makeshift memorial close to the scene of the slayings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde

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Texas gunman ‘walked in unobstructed’ into unlocked elementary school with no officer present, police say

Salvador Ramos walked freely into elementary school before killing 19 children and two teachers

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel makes plea to lawmakers after Texas shooting: 'These are our children'

Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel struggled to keep his composure Wednesday while speaking about the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed two teachers and 19 children.

Los Angeles Times

Husband of teacher slain in Texas school shooting 'dies of heart attack'

Teacher Irma Garcia, who was 47, heroically tried to save children at Robb Elementary School

Wales Online

After the massacre in Uvalde, an outpouring of love and support

An 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in the largely Mexican American town.

Axios

Factbox-How Canada, Australia, UK changed laws after mass shootings

A shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers has revived a push for new gun safety laws in the United States, which has more firearms than people and more permissive gun laws than many other high-income countries.

Reuters

Daughter of deputy among students killed at Robb Elementary School in Texas

The daughter of a deputy, who was a standout student and an amazing athlete, was among those killed inside Robb Elementary School earlier this week.

Tribune News Service

Man rushed to school to help, learned stepdaughter died

Medical assistant Angel Garza rushed to Robb Elementary School soon after a gunman opened fire on a classroom of grade schoolers and immediately found a girl covered in blood among the terrified children streaming out of the building

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The Independent UK

Salvador Ramos: Texas shooter’s final text messages revealed

The texts show the shooters intent on the day of the attack

Daily Record

Mum of Texas school shooter who killed 21 says he 'wasn't a violent person'

Adriana Reyes said she was 'surprised' that her son Salvador Ramos carried the atrocity at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Salvador Ramos texted, video-called online friend in Germany before killing 21 people at Texas elementary school

A teen girl from Germany has been left to wonder whether she could have saved those killed by Salvador Ramos, who provided her several updates in the days and hours before he slaughtered 21 people inside Robb Elementary School in Texas.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

75 people have been killed in US school shootings since 2018

PHILADELPHIA — The shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday was among 28 fatal shooting incidents at U.S. schools or on school grounds since 2018, resulting in the deaths of 75 people, including 60 children, according to data from Education Week and an Inquirer analysis.

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France 24

‘Go in there!’: Parents of Texas school shooting victims question police delays

Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.

Chicago Tribune

‘Look at Chicago’: Politicians again use city as example of why strict gun control won’t work

CHICAGO — Aline Stern of Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood found it difficult to send her two children to school on Wednesday, the morning after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in an elementary school in Texas, killing 19 children and two adults.

The Independent UK

Videos show desperate parents asking officers to intervene in Uvalde school shooting

‘Half of these f***ing parents here, dude, they wanna go in there, without vests, without guns, to get their f***ing kids’

The Independent UK

Police face questions over delays in storming Texas school

Law enforcement authorities in Texas are facing questions and criticism over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers

Los Angeles Times

After mass shooting, the small Texas town of Uvalde gathers to mourn and remember

In a uniquely American scene of mourning, community members in a small Texan town where 19 elementary school children were fatally shot in their classroom gathered the following night in a bull-riding ring beneath the Texan and American flags to put their faith in Jesus — and one another.

The Independent UK

Texas school shooting: Anderson Cooper consoles heartbroken dad who learned of daughter’s death from her best friend

Angel Garza, a trained medic aide, learned of his daughter’s death while trying to help her best friend who was covered in his 10-year-old’s blood

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Go in there! Go in there!’: Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school during shooting

Upset that police were not moving in, one parent who rushed to the scene raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders. “Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” he said.

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