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Texas school shooting: Steve Kerr slams US politicians and labels action on gun control 'pathetic'

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr called for stricter gun control after the killing of 19 children and two teachers

Irish Mirror

NBA coach Steve Kerr gives tearful pre-game speech condemning Congress over Texas shooting

Kerr has long called for gun control laws in the US and made a direct and moving plea to senators and members of Congress to take action

The Independent UK

Steve Kerr blasts ‘pathetic’ US gun control after Texas school shooting: ‘When are we going to do something?’

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr last night slammed US gun control laws as “pathetic” and refused to discuss basketball after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas.

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Wednesday briefing: Anguish at another US school shooting

In today’s newsletter: how the killing of 19 children and two adults at a school in Texas will reignite America’s gun control debate

The Guardian - UK

Commonly Touted Policies Are Ill-Suited to Stopping Mass Shooters

These three gun controls failed in New York, and there is little reason to think they would work elsewhere.

Reason

Sandy Hook families speak out after Uvalde school shooting

Bereaved say it is ‘beyond time to take action’ on gun control in the wake of the killing of 19 children in Texas

The Guardian - AU

Warriors’ Kerr labels US action on gun control ‘pathetic’ in emotional pre-game speech

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr refused to talk about basketball before his team’s playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night

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Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate

Washington (AFP) - A mass shooting that left 19 schoolchildren and two teachers dead in the deeply pro-gun state of Texas on Tuesday increased pressure on US politicians to take action over the ubiquity of firearms -- but also brought the grim expectation of little or no change.

AFP

Biden Lays Blame for Uvalde School Shooting on Gun Lobby

There's much we don't know about the shooting in Texas that left at least 21 people dead, including 19 children. Nevertheless, Joe Biden knows exactly who to blame and how to stop future shootings.

Reason

California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls inaction on gun violence a ‘choice’ after Texas school shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom called out Republicans Tuesday for inaction on the issue of gun control, saying the party “won’t do a damn thing” in a series of tweets hours after a shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 18 children and one teacher dead.

Los Angeles Times

Kerr, LeBron lead sports world fury after Texas school shooting

Los Angeles (AFP) - Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr made an impassioned plea for gun control in the wake of the Texas school shooting that left 18 children dead on Tuesday as the US sporting world reacted with horror over the tragedy.

AFP

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The Independent UK

Warriors’ Steve Kerr gives impassioned plea to lawmakers after Texas elementary school shooting

DALLAS — Coach Steve Kerr, one of the NBA’s leading voices on social issues, gave another emotional plea for gun control after 14 children and one teacher shot and killed Tuesday at a Texas elementary school just hours before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

Tribune News Service

Why the hell can’t America end this deadly gun violence?

There are 400 million firearms in US and this is 27th school shooting of 2022, says Andrew Buncombe

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Stephen King passionately calls for ‘gun control now’ following Uvalde school shooting

King previously wrote the essay ‘Guns’ in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre

The Independent UK

‘Idolatry of violence’: AOC attacks ‘pro life’ GOP over Texas school shooting

18 students and three adults dead after attack on elementary school

Tribune News Service

Texas school shooting precedes Senate hearing on pick to run ATF

WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene tweets ‘we don’t need more gun control’ in response to Uvalde school shooting

Far-right congresswoman is one of first to defend gun ownership after shooting

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Reason

New York Times Columnist Gail Collins Proposes a 'Simple Battle' To 'Get Rid of the Guns'

It's not clear which guns she is talking about, and even Collins does not seem to know.

The Independent UK

After Buffalo massacre, NY governor seeks action on guns

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is touting a package of executive orders and gun control bills in the aftermath of a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket

The Guardian - US

Stephen Colbert on future of the GOP: ‘Original recipe nutballs or extra crispy cuckoo cojones’

Late-night hosts discuss a big primary night for Republicans, Biden’s call for new gun control laws and the first at-home Covid test that also detects flu

Axios

Failed gun legislation is the norm after mass shootings

Lawmakers are making emotional pleas for stricter gun control legislation after the Texas school shooting.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Day after day of gun violence in America. Nothing changes

"Nothing changed after moviegoers were slaughtered in Aurora. Nothing changed after children were massacred in Newtown, after worshipers were killed inside a church in Charleston, after office workers were mowed down at a holiday party in San Bernardino."

The New Daily

‘Admit what the hell is going on’: Biden wants US to face White Supremacy problem

US President Joe Biden has labelled the Buffalo supermarket killings a case of "domestic terror" as he made his strongest statement yet about gun control since the weekend's racist attack.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Complaining and whining isn't a winning strategy, as Democrats learn the hard way

It wasn’t so long ago when Missouri was a purple state, up for grabs by whichever party did the best job capturing voters’ imaginations. The state was split down the middle politically as recently as 2000, and even in 2016 Democrats held a U.S. Senate seat and the offices of…

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