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We asked 5 students: What inspired you to become a gun control activist?

NPR spoke with high school and college students who have been impacted by gun violence, and are now working to make sure others won't be.

WEKU · Jun 29, 2022

Uvalde shooter’s grandmother released from hospital over a month after attack

Grandmother was gunman Salvador Ramos’s first victim on 24 May

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

"Hardening" schools is conceding defeat

Hardening schools and arming teachers is the wrong approach to rising gun violence, Air Force vet writes

Salon · Jun 29, 2022

Editorial: Uvalde was an ‘abject failure,’ but there’s more to the story

We wish that we had a clear explanation for law enforcement’s tragically slow response to a gunman threatening and then murdering 19 children and two teachers in their elementary school in Uvalde. That, however, requires a greater commitment to transparency.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2022

Uvalde mother who was cuffed trying to save kids claims she’s now being harassed by police

‘The other night we were exercising, and we had a cop parked at the corner like, flickering us with his headlights,’ Ms Gomez claimed during a recent interview

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

How John Cornyn and the U.S. Senate defied 26 years of inaction to tackle gun violence

Four senators, including Cornyn, used a distinctive combination of policy expertise, legislative experience and political courage to push past obstacles that had repeatedly stymied previous attempts at compromise.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 26, 2022

Graduation in Uvalde gives tragedy-stricken town a night of normality

A month after their graduation was postponed by a mass shooting, Uvalde High School seniors finally got to celebrate their graduation on Friday.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 25, 2022

Final funeral for Uvalde shooting victim remembers 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia

DALLAS — The final funeral for the victims of the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was held in San Angelo on Saturday.

Tribune News Service · Jun 25, 2022

Biden signs bipartisan gun measure negotiated by Sen. John Cornyn after Uvalde shooting

The new law contains modest provisions but is the most significant gun measure passed by Congress in nearly three decades.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 25, 2022

'Loving' boy last Texas school shooting victim laid to rest

The last victim of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is being laid to rest

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022