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5 years. 5 mass shootings. 87 dead in Texas. What gun laws could have applied in each case?

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has experienced multiple mass shootings in recent years.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants random school safety checks after Texas shooting

DALLAS — Gov. Greg Abbott wants state officials to randomly inspect schools to test safety protocols after a gunman burst into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers.

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Kerr Calls to ‘Pressure’ Decision Makers in Wake of Uvalde Shooting

The Warriors coach: “Murdering children in their classrooms has become a political issue. What are we doing?”

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Mourners say goodbye to a Uvalde teacher and her husband

Mourners gathered Wednesday at a funeral for teacher Irma Garcia — who died in the shooting at Robb Elementary School — and her husband, Joe — who died two days later from a heart attack.

WEKU

State representative advocates for Uvalde victim’s dad to leave Kentucky prison to attend daughter’s funeral

FORT WORTH, Texas — A state representative is advocating for the father of a Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim to be able to attend his daughter’s funeral after a report that he was denied compassionate release from a Kentucky prison.

Tribune News Service

Republicans begin backpedaling on gun control after Uvalde school shooting massacre

Republicans have begun to pivot to mental health on both the national and state level after the shooting in Texas

The Independent UK

Border agent who stormed Robb Elementary with borrowed shotgun defends police actions

The Uvalde Police Department has been criticised for not immediately rushing into the school to stop the shooter

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Uvalde school shooting: Debunking claims that CNN and NBC aired staged interviews

Some users are claiming that US channels CNN & NBC News presented two different men as the father of the same Uvalde school shooting victim. We show you why this claim is bogus. Meanwhile in other news, some users mistakenly believe that the colours of the Ukrainian flag have been…

France 24

Andy Murray Recalls Childhood School Shooting in Wake of Uvalde

The 35-year-old tennis player was present at the 1996 Dunblane school shooting in Scotland that left 16 children and a teacher dead.

Sports Illustrated

Border agent at Uvalde shooting describes scene as ‘complete chaos’

The agent borrowed his barber’s shotgun and ran to the school on foot

The Independent UK

Sons carry coffins of mum killed in Uvalde massacre and dad who died two days later

Heroic Irma, 48, died trying to save her fourth grade pupils at Robb Elementary School in the Texas town last week before her school sweetheart Joe - full name Jose Antonio - had a fatal heart attack two days later

Daily Mirror

Gun stocks soar as GOP blocks bills

Firearm stocks used to fall after mass shootings. That's no longer the case as GOP reliably blocks all gun bills

Salon

Students and staff will not return to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after massacre

The school district is likely to receive federal support in the wake of the massacre, joining several other American schools to demolish and rebuild after mass shootings

The Independent UK

Why women are Ulvade's new scapegoat

Reminder: Most mass shooters are male and it was a mostly male police force who failed to save the victims

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The Independent UK

10-year-old survivor reveals last words of friend shot dead by Uvalde gunman

Student had phoned 911 before getting killed

Axios

The Uvalde shooting details that Texas officials have retracted

Officials have relayed then later retracted multiple key details about the Uvalde shooting.

The Independent UK

Mourners say goodbye to Uvalde teacher and her husband

Mourners have gathered at a Catholic church to say goodbye to Robb Elementary School teacher Irma Garcia and her husband, Joe

WEKU

Investigators say the Uvalde school district police chief isn't talking to them

Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.

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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees following Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for special legislative committees to examine what legislation and action might be taken to prevent future school shootings.

The Guardian - US

Kimmel on Cruz: ‘I hope he never gets to eat peacefully in a restaurant again’

Late-night hosts discussed last week’s NRA convention and the long list of invented reasons why the Uvalde shooting happened – other than guns

The Independent UK

Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating

The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week’s deadly shooting in Uvalde says he’s talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he’s stopped cooperating

WEKU

The story about how the Uvalde gunman entered the school is shifting

Texas officials had said a teacher propped door open at Robb Elementary just before a gunman entered and carried out a mass shooting — but they now acknowledge that the woman closed the door.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde school police chief sworn in as city council member, dodges officers investigating Robb Elementary mass shooting

The Uvalde school district police chief has been sworn in as a member of the city council — but he continues to dodge state authorities investigating the law enforcement response into the mass shooting at Robb Elementary, which left 21 people dead.

Reason

The Senate's Latest Gun Bill Will Fail, but Not Because of the Filibuster

Democrats love to blame their troubles on Senate rules. They should look in the mirror instead.

The Guardian - US

Uvalde teacher closed propped-open door before shooting, Texas officials say

Door did not automatically lock, contradicting investigators’ earlier account in which they said teacher had propped open door

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