WASHINGTON — After at least 21 people, 19 of them children, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, the National Rifle Association said its deepest sympathies were with the families and victims “involved in this horrific and evil crime.”
But the organization’s annual meeting is on schedule to begin Friday, 275 miles away in Houston despite calls from its critics to call it off.
And guns will be allowed during the event, except during former President Donald Trump’s scheduled appearance on Friday for the group’s annual leadership forum.
