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The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

Family of girl, 10, killed in Uvalde school shooting refuse to appear with Gov Abbott

‘My Lexi doesn’t even like him,’ said 10-year-old’s mother

The Independent UK

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

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school begged the police to enter their classroom and save them, repeatedly calling 911, as a team of 19 police officers waited in the corridor for an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a barricaded…

Los Angeles Times

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

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

Greg Abbott Is Full of Shit

And culpable.

Texas Observer

Greg Abbott will address NRA — by video

"We're in the stage when Republican politicians hide and hope this blows over. Don't let it," advocates warn

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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.

WEKU

NRA convention explained: What to know about this year’s meeting

The convention comes after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Al Jazeera

Martin Schram: Seven days in May — saving America from within

“Seven Days in May,” the epic 1960s novel and a film starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner, was a fictional tale about right-wing Pentagon generals who tried to topple the U.S. government.

Tribune News Service

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

Editorial: Most Americans want stricter gun laws. Senate Republicans don’t seem to care

Gun-control opponents like to say that guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

Los Angeles Times

NRA opens gun convention in Texas days after deadly school shooting

Former US President Donald Trump and other leading Republicans will be among speakers at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual convention, which begins in Texas on Friday.

Evening Standard

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

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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

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.

Salon

GOP "solutions" only help mass shooters

Republicans won't do anything to stop mass shootings because they benefit from them

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The Guardian - US

Texas gunman allegedly texted German teenager plans for attack

The girl told CNN that the shooter said he had bought bullets and appeared to spend his time alone

Texas Observer

Will Uvalde Be Enough?

The body count linked to Texas’ lax gun laws continues to mount.

WEKU

Where AR-15-style rifles fit in America's tragic history of mass shootings

The weapon used to carry out the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is one all too familiar to Americans and lawmakers who have witnessed mass shootings occur over the past decade.

Axios

Schumer calls Texas Gov. Abbott "an absolute fraud"

"No amount of bloodshed seems to be enough for MAGA Republicans," Schumer said.

Daily Record

Mum of Texas school shooter who killed 21 says he 'wasn't a violent person'

Adriana Reyes said she was 'surprised' that her son Salvador Ramos carried the atrocity at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Salvador Ramos texted, video-called online friend in Germany before killing 21 people at Texas elementary school

A teen girl from Germany has been left to wonder whether she could have saved those killed by Salvador Ramos, who provided her several updates in the days and hours before he slaughtered 21 people inside Robb Elementary School in Texas.

The Guardian - US

‘More could have been done’: Texas police under scrutiny over response to school shooting

Gunman remained barricaded inside a classroom for up to an hour before his rampage was brought to an end

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