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Texas school shooting: Senate minority 'holding America hostage' over gun control

Police in the US town of Uvalde, Texas are facing questions over why it took an hour to neutralise the gunman who murdered 19 small children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. The tragedy comes amid increasing calls for greater gun control measures. Among the demands of campaigners are…

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Pro-gun NRA to hold convention in US state where school shooting killed 21

Uvalde (United States) (AFP) - US gun lobby group the National Rifle Association (NRA) will hold its annual convention in Texas on Friday, days after a horrific school shooting in the state killed 19 children and two teachers.

AFP

Meghan Markle visited Texas shooting memorial and donated food to blood drive

The Duchess of Sussex dropped off food at a community blood drive on a surprise visit to Texas.

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Anger as police revise key details of Texas school shooting

Officials investigating the Uvalde mass school shooting have revised details about the initial police response.

Evening Standard

Commentary: Can any American parent honestly say school massacres are ‘unimaginable’?

“Unimaginable” is a word that’s been thrown around a lot after 19 students, mostly fourth graders, and two teachers were slaughtered Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

Los Angeles Times

The evolving narrative of what happened at Uvalde the day of the shooting

Law enforcement is still investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But accounts from officials have offered a confusing look at the timeline of Tuesday's shooting.

WEKU

2 mass shootings — 1,700 miles apart but bound by startling similarities

These two tragedies share similarities, including certain aspects of the suspects and how the weapons were accessed.

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Political realities have stopped legislative action after school shootings

The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.

WEKU

‘It’s an American problem’: US readers on preventing future mass shootings

As America comes to terms with the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, readers explain what they think should be done to prevent future mass shootings

The Guardian - US

Mum of Texas school shooter admits he made her 'uneasy' and could be aggressive

Salvador Ramos, 18, gunned down 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, US, on May 24, with his mum Adrianna Reyes admitting he could be aggressive if he 'really got mad'

Daily Mirror

AP News Digest 4:05 a.m.

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The Independent UK

Daniel Defense: Company that made Uvalde AR-15 used toddlers in gun advert

Daniel Defense guns were also used in 2017 Las Vegas massacre, the worst mass shooting in modern US history

The Independent UK

Editorial: If gun control won't work, at least take away gun makers' liability protection

With more than 300 million firearms in Americans’ hands — enough for every man, woman and child to have one — it does no good anymore to rant and rave about gun control. The National Rifle Association owns enough members of Congress to block meaningful measures and is no doubt…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Latino-on-Latino mass shooting. What now?

When I heard that a gunman had killed multiple schoolchildren in a predominantly Latino town in Texas, I immediately thought: white supremacist.

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The Independent UK

Lauren Boebert’s bizarre defence for no gun action: ‘After 9/11, we didn’t ban planes’

We can protect children ‘without trying to disarm law-abiding citizens’, says Republican

The Independent UK

Salvador Ramos’s father apologises to town of Uvalde: ‘He should’ve just killed me’

‘I don’t want them calling him a monster... they don’t know nothing, man’

Crikey

Texas governor to address NRA

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott will limit his appearance at the NRA’s annual meeting to a recorded video, after the Uvalde school shooting in his state.

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Police Face Questions over Their Response to Texas School Massacre

The gunman in the Texas school massacre barged unchallenged through an unlocked door, then killed 19 children and two teachers while holed up in their classroom for an hour before a tactical team stormed in and killed him, police said on Thursday. The latest official details from the Texas Department…

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The Guardian - US

How lawmakers in thrall to the NRA stifle gun safety laws

Powerful lobbying groups spent nearly $5m last year to expand gun rights while limiting curbs on who can have a firearm and how they can carry it

The Guardian - US

‘These are innocent babies’: grief, loss and love as Uvalde struggles under a heavy cloud

The Texas school killings have touched nearly everyone in the small town, from friends and neighbors to shopkeepers and coaches

The Independent UK

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in…

The Independent UK

Texas governor Greg Abbott to skip NRA convention and visit Uvalde instead amid pressure over pro-guns stance

National Rifle Association’s spokesperson says governor will pre-record message

The Independent UK

Senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws

A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas

Los Angeles Times

Uvalde residents raise funds for massacre victims the old-fashioned way

UVALDE, Texas — Under a beating Texan sun, Guadalupe Salazar marveled at the family and friends all around her cooking chicken and burgers on a flaming grill, pouring cups of homemade lemonade and soaping down pickups as part of a pop-up “car wash and plate sale” near the heart of…

Tribune News Service

Texas Gov. Abbott going to Uvalde — not NRA — on Friday

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is returning to Uvalde on Friday, and will skip the National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

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