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US votes to raise legal age for buying guns to 21 after wave of mass killings

Regular mass shootings in the United States have rarely stirred Congress to act but the killing of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde has revived efforts to respond

Daily Mirror

‘New wound’: Expert questions whether 11-year-old Uvalde student should have testified

WASHINGTON — Perhaps the most notable witness at Wednesday’s House Oversight committee hearing on gun reform was one who did not attend in person: Miah Cerrillo, an 11-year-old who survived the horrific mass shooting in Uvalde by smearing blood on herself and playing dead.

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Wednesday’s funeral in Uvalde remembers 10-year-old Annabell Rodriguez

Community members in Uvalde, Texas, said goodbye Wednesday to another student killed at Robb Elementary School last month.

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Uvalde survivor tells Congress she covered herself in blood to save her life

An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.”

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The House passes a gun control bill in response to the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings

It has almost no chance of becoming law as the Senate pursues negotiations focused on improving mental health programs, bolstering school security and enhancing background checks.

WEKU

House passes gun bill with age restriction, other proposals

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a package of gun violence prevention measures on a mostly party-line vote Wednesday evening, even as the bill faces little hope of clearing the evenly divided Senate.

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House passes gun reform package after Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings

Bill has virtually no chance of passing US Senate

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‘I don’t want it to happen again,’ Uvalde student says as gun laws debated in Congress

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying first-hand account of last month's school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

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Texas House committee to investigate Uvalde Robb Elementary shooting in hearing

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas House committee on Thursday will hold an investigative hearing to learn more about the mass shooting at an Uvalde elementary school where two teachers and 19 students were killed.

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Mitch McConnell under fire for differing response to Kavanaugh plot and Uvalde shooting

Republicans face accusations of hypocrisy for not treating gun violence with urgency

The Independent UK

Girl, 11, who survived horror school shooting daubed herself in blood and acted dead

Miah Cerrillo and the parents of other young Americans killed and wounded in recent mass shootings testified on Wednesday before a panel as lawmakers work to find a compromise gun safety bill

Daily Mirror

‘Lexi’s voice demands action’: family of Uvalde victims beg Congress to address gun violence

Kimberly Rubio wept as she described the harrowing events of 24 May and asked for strengthened gun laws from Congress

The Guardian - US

Republican attacks Democrats for letting Uvalde victim recount her experience

Contentious moment underscores deep divide between far-right and Democrats on guns

The Independent UK

Matthew McConaughey isn’t the only celebrity speaking out after Uvalde

Actor Matthew McConaughey took to the stage in the White House briefing room Tuesday to implore politicians to enact stricter gun laws after 19 children and two teachers were killed in his hometown of Uvalde during a mass shooting at an elementary school on May 24.

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The Independent UK

House poised to pass gun bill after Buffalo, Uvalde attacks

The House is moving quickly to pass legislation in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas

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House passes gun bill with age restriction, other proposals - Roll Call

The House of Representatives passed a package of gun control measures on a mostly party-line vote Wednesday.

The Conversation

Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here's what the data tells us

A spate of high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. has sparked calls for Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons – covering the types of guns used in both the recent Buffalo grocery attack and that on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

The Independent UK

Matthew McConaughey tells Fox News ‘extreme’ politics blocking progress in US

Texas actor trying to rally Congress on gun control

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The Guardian - US

Uvalde survivor, 11, tells House hearing she smeared herself with friend’s blood

Miah Cerrillo speaks before House passes gun control bill that is all but doomed in Senate

Salon

Uvalde survivor covered herself in blood

“He shot my teacher and told my teacher good night and shot her in the head,” Miah Cerrillo told Congress

WEKU

Parents of recent mass shooting victims urge Congress to act on gun control

Parents of children killed and wounded in shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde testified before Congress on Wednesday, imploring members to act quickly on gun control measures.

Evening Standard

Texas gunman said ‘goodnight’ before shooting teacher, says child survivor of Uvalde massacre

She was one of the only survivors of the shooting that left 19 of her fellow pupils and two teachers dead

Al Jazeera

‘I don’t want it to happen again’, Texas shooting survivor says

Gun violence victims and their loved ones testify before US congressional committee in emotional push for gun control.

Axios

AG Garland announces Justice Department team to review police response to Uvalde shooting

The review ill examine Texas law enforcement official's actions in response to the shooting.

The Independent UK

Nine-member team to investigate police response in Uvalde, Justice Department says

Announcement comes amid two congressional hearings on gun violence and extremism

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