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So where were the "good guys with guns"?

Whatever excuse NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre comes up with now, it can't erase the shocking charade we saw in Uvalde

Salon · May 28, 2022

Donald Trump sparks outrage by DANCING after reading names of 21 Texas shooting victims

Former US President Donald Trump danced to Sam and Dave's 1966 song Hold On, I'm Comin' after reading out the names of the 21 people killed by Salvador Ramos at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas

Daily Mirror · May 28, 2022

What some gun owners are saying in the wake of America's latest mass shooting

The mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has again raised the question "What should we do about gun violence?" NPR asked gun owners from across the U.S. about their stance.

WEKU · May 28, 2022

That other American tradition: after a mass shooting, the media comes to town

The tragedy in Texas reminds that while media presence can be a sign of support, it can also quickly become intrusive

The Guardian - US · May 28, 2022

Giants manager Gabe Kapler to skip national anthem in wake of Uvalde school shooting

CINCINNATI — There was a significant presence missing from the field Friday during the national anthem before the Giants’ game at Great American Ballpark, and there will be into the foreseeable future: manager Gabe Kapler.

Tribune News Service · May 28, 2022

Police delays may have deprived Texas schoolchildren of lifesaving care, experts say

UVALDE, Texas — As the nation struggles to comprehend the horrors that unfolded Tuesday inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, one of the biggest unanswered questions is whether anyone could have been saved.

Los Angeles Times · May 28, 2022

In speech to NRA, Trump calls Texas school shooting 'savage and barbaric,' reads name of each victim

HOUSTON — Former President Donald Trump read the name of each of the Uvalde school shooting victims at the start of a speech Friday at the NRA annual convention in Houston and called the shooting a “savage and barbaric atrocity that shocks the conscience of every single American.”

Tribune News Service · May 28, 2022

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school frantically called 911, begging for the police to save them, as a tactical decision by a commander kept 19 officers from storming a classroom in what a law enforcement official acknowledged on Friday was a mistake in judgment.

Los Angeles Times · May 28, 2022

Ukraine President Zelenskyy addresses Stanford students, offers condolences after Texas mass shooting

STANFORD, Calif. — In a live-streamed video address to Stanford students on Friday, embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered his condolences to Americans following the deadly Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting that left 19 students and two adults dead.

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022

'Please send the police now': Urgent pleas don’t always mean the cops rush in. Just look at Parkland and Uvalde

Move toward the gunfire and take out the shooter.

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022