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Texas official says police made "the wrong decision" during Uvalde shooting

Police waited several minutes to breach the classrooms where the gunman had barricaded himself with victims.

Axios

Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks

The Independent UK

NRA holds annual meeting in Texas under cloud of controversy

Texas governor backs out of in-person appearance as protesters descend on gun-rights group’s event

The Guardian - US

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Trump, protests expected at NRA convention in Texas days after Uvalde shooting

HOUSTON — Thousands of people gathered at the downtown convention center here for the controversial annual meeting of the National Rifle Association just days after a mass shooting 270 miles west in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 21 people, including 19 children.

Los Angeles Times

America, how long will you sacrifice your children on the altar of gun worship?

This devotion to the right to bear arms is horrifyingly outdated. It brought terror to Texas – and it will happen again and again, warns Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

90 minutes of terror: Questions mount over Texas shooting

With pressure mounting to explain the delayed police response to the massacre at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers, Gov. Greg Abbott scrapped plans to attend the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston and will travel to the grieving town of Uvalde on Friday…

Los Angeles Times

What we know about the victims of the Uvalde school shooting

Two teachers and 19 students were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, making it the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. At least four others were injured.

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Greg Abbott Is Full of Shit

And culpable.

Texas Observer

The names: 19 children, 2 teachers killed in Uvalde school

Nineteen children were looking forward to a summer filled with Girl Scouts and soccer and video games

The Independent UK

Netflix add content warning to Stranger Things season 4 after Texas school shooting

Netflix's fourth season of Stranger Things dropped on the streaming platform on Friday, just days after the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting

Daily Mirror

GoFundMe for Uvalde teacher and husband who died two days later raises $2m

The fundraiser for the couple’s children has now raised more than $2m

The Independent UK

Growing calls for FBI to investigate police response to Uvalde massacre

Officials have not been able to answer why officers left gunman alone for one hour while parents pleaded with law enforcement to save their children

The Independent UK

‘Forgive me, forgive my son’: parents of Texas school shooter respond

Ominous social media posts could have alerted the authorities but sifting through possible threats is an enormous task, experts say

The Guardian - US

Maker of rifle used in Texas shooting faces outrage over ad featuring child

Georgia-based Daniel Defense posted an ad on 16 May showing a toddler holding a rifle

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Axios

House Oversight investigates gun manufacturers after Uvalde mass shooting

It requested information from five gunmakers on the sale of rifles commonly used in mass shootings.

Evening Standard

Uvalde: US Marshals deny handcuffing desperate parents outside Texas school shooting

US Marshals have denied handcuffing a desperate parent at the scene of the Texas school shooting who pleaded with them to run inside and confront the shooter.

Daily Mirror

Texas cop says officers didn't rush to find gunman because 'they could have been shot'

Department of Safety Lieutenant Chris Olivarez suggested the officers locked evil gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, inside the classroom where he slaughtered 19 children and two heroic teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK

Police rule out connection between Uvalde gunman and 2018 school shooting threats

The Republican lawmaker mistakenly connected the Uvalde shooter to the arrests

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WEKU

Caught in a storm of criticism and internal strife, the NRA meets in Houston

This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

Daily Mirror

Mum of school shooter begs people 'not to judge and forgive son who had his reasons'

Adriana Reyes twice said her twisted son Salvador Ramos "had his reasons" for killing 19 children and two teachers and was not a violent person following the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

The Conversation

US shootings: Norway and Finland have similar levels of gun ownership, but far less gun crime

In the wake of the most recent US mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 pupils and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old armed with an assault rifle, a comparison considering how the US compares with other countries on children’s deaths caused by guns is compelling.

The Guardian - US

Texas school shooting: official admits ‘wrong decision’ not to break into classroom sooner – as it happened

‘There’s no excuse’ for officers’ failure to break into the classroom sooner, says Texas public safety director

Salon

Texas cops' Uvalde claims unravel

Parents were cuffed, tackled, pepper-sprayed and tasered. Rep. Joaquin Castro wants the FBI to investigate

Reason

The FDA Completely Botched Its Response to the Baby Formula Shortage

Plus: Resurrecting an extinct tiger, reviewing the police response to the Uvalde shooting, and more...

The Independent UK

Texas father stands guard outside his daughter’s school in wake of Uvalde shooting: ‘I’m watching’

‘Let the parents have a little bit of relief,’ Ed Chelby says

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