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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 · May 27, 2022

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 · May 27, 2022

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 · May 27, 2022

Senate heads for vacation after shooting

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

Salon · May 26, 2022

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

This column was intended to be sarcastic.

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

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 Conversation · May 25, 2022

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 Guardian - US · May 25, 2022

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

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

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.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022