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Democrats seek swift action on limited gun-control proposals

U.S. lawmakers are setting a tight timetable to negotiate new gun laws, with Democrats signaling they would accept limited progress in exchange for some action that would reduce gun violence in the nation.

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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy says Congress has the will to act after Uvalde

Murphy’s impassioned speech on Senate floor condemned chamber’s inaction

The Independent UK

‘Do something!’: Biden visits Uvalde after mass shooting as onlookers urge him to take action

President and first lady visit seek to comfort community as DoJ launches investigation into police response to school shooting

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Biden Visits Memorial to Victims of Texas School Shooting

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden offered comfort Sunday to a city gripped by grief and anger as they paid respects at a memorial to 19 students and two teachers slain during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. The visit to Uvalde was Biden’s second trip…

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Democrats seek swift action on limited gun-control proposals

Tribune News Service

Democrats rush to push gun safety laws after mass shootings as Republicans stall

New York governor will seek to ban people under 21 from buying assault rifles and California governor intends to sign restrictions, including the right to sue gun manufacturers

The Guardian - US

Key US lawmakers offer guarded hope for gun reform

Washington (AFP) - Key US lawmakers expressed guarded optimism Sunday that the shocking school shooting in Texas might lead to at least small steps against gun violence.

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Senators are continuing talks during recess to find a compromise on gun legislation

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says he's optimistic that something can be done to address mass shootings like the one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children.

WEKU

‘We have to act’: can Biden cut through the gridlock on gun control?

The president has long fought for restrictions but deep divisions have often left him hamstrung

The Guardian - US

Multiple Republican speakers pull out of Houston NRA meeting after Uvalde shooting

John Cornyn, Dan Patrick, Dan Crenshaw all pulled out of the conference in Houston.

The Independent UK

Political realities have stopped legislative action after school shootings

The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.

WEKU

Senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws

A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK

Bipartisan gun group hyper-focused on realistic legislation

"This feels different right now."

Axios

Senate Republicans tap Cornyn for bipartisan gun talks

WASHINGTON — Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday he’s looking forward to discussing ways of combatting gun violence with his colleagues across the aisle, but cautioned that there are limits on the types of proposals he could support.

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The Independent UK

The Republicans most likely to make a deal on gun control and how much money the NRA has given them to stop it

Who receives money from the NRA and when isn’t as clear-cut as it may seem

The Independent UK

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate

Salon

Senate heads for vacation after shooting

Despite mounting calls to address gun violence after Uvalde shooting, Schumer admits chances of gun bill are "slim"

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Toriano Porter: As my kid enjoyed cupcakes, Texas parents started planning funerals

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The Conversation

After mass shootings like Uvalde, national gun control fails – but states often loosen gun laws

Calls for new gun legislation that previously failed to pass Congress are being raised again after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in the small town of Uvalde, Texas.

The Guardian - US

Why can’t America do anything to stop mass shootings?

Despite hundreds of mass shootings unfolding in the US every year, Congress has repeatedly failed to pass major gun-control legislation

The Independent UK

Will Congress act on guns after Sandy Hook, Buffalo, Uvalde?

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has quickly set in motion a pair of firearms background check bills in response to the school massacre in Texas

Al Jazeera

Echoes of Sandy Hook massacre in Texas primary school shooting

Victims of the 2012 attack that killed 20 children and six adults condemn lack of progress on gun control.

Daily Mirror

What was Sandy Hook as bloody Texas school shooting leaves 19 children dead

Innocent children were brutally killed in their own school in yet another mass shooting in the US. The country has been plagued by mass killings as legislators struggle to agree on gun control laws

AFP

'Nightmare' as gunman murders 19 children, two teachers in Texas

Uvalde (United States) (AFP) - A tight-knit Latino community in Texas was wracked with grief Wednesday after a teenager wearing body armor marched into an elementary school and killed 19 children and two teachers -- the latest spasm of America's gun violence crisis.

Salon

Gallego rips "f**king baby killer" Cruz

Cruz calls for guns in schools even after teenage gunman "outgunned" armed police before killing 19 children

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