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How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today

The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, just 10 days apart, are stirring the now-familiar national debate over guns seen after the tragic 2012 and 2018 school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Parkland, Florida.

The Conversation

Vallejo leads Ramirez by less than 30 votes in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas’ 15th Congressional district

Ruben Ramirez and Michelle Vallejo ran in the Democratic Party primary runoff on May 24, 2022, in Texas’ 15th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district’s general election on Nov. 8, 2022. As of 2:00 p.m. ET on May 25, Vallejo led Ramirez, 50.1% to…

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Crockett wins Democratic primary runoff for Texas’ 30th Congressional district

Jasmine Crockett defeated Jane Hamilton in the Democratic Party primary runoff on May 24, 2022, in Texas’ 30th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district’s general election on Nov. 8, 2022. As of 1:00 p.m. ET on May 25, Crockett had received 60.1% of the…

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Texas school shooter displayed concerning behavior before attack

UVALDE, Texas — Salvador Ramos appeared to be spiraling.

Los Angeles Times

‘Words simply fail’: McConnell offers solace, avoids solutions after Texas shooting

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell recounted the still emerging details of how the horror transpired. He solemnly described the characteristics of the 10-year-old victims. And he invoked a Bible verse to offer comfort to the brokenhearted families.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

No more thoughts and prayers. Without sensible gun restrictions, mass shootings will continue.

What does it say about our country when a child predicts something terribly wrong is going to take place at school, and then it does?

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas governor’s remarks insult families impacted by gun violence

The murders of 19 children in the nation’s latest school shooting call for more than the same blah, blah, blah.

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Trump vows to speak at NRA convention this weekend after Texas school shooting

Tribune News Service

Deputy sheriff’s daughter is among victims of Texas elementary school shooting

‘One deputy sheriff lost a daughter in that school,’ says Texas governor Greg Abbott

The Independent UK

While the gun control debate amplifies, the overwhelming emotion in Uvalde is grief

The small community of Uvalde, Texas is grieving one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

WEKU

5 reasons this could be the time Congress finally acts on gun reform

All that matters in the Senate right now is counting to 10.

Axios

Mum of Texas gunman Salvador Ramos had ‘uneasy feeling sometimes’ about son

Attack killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde

The Independent UK

Oklahoma governor signs the nation's strictest abortion ban

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban

The Independent UK

Teachers hailed as heroes in Texas school massacre as politicians debate gun control

Homeroom teachers were being hailed as heroes Wednesday, a day after a teenage gunman stormed a Texas elementary school, barricaded himself inside a classroom and callously murdered 19 students and two of their instructors.

Tribune News Service

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Los Angeles Times

Texas massacre leads Newsom, Democrats to promise fast gun control action

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and top legislative Democrats pledged Wednesday to expedite more than a dozen bills aimed at reducing gun violence in California, promising to quickly pass laws that would allow private citizens to sue firearm manufacturers and distributors as well as require school officials to investigate…

Daily Mirror

Texas shooter Salvador Ramos' chilling final message 'I'm going to shoot up a school'

Salvador Ramos told a 15-year-old girl in Germany he'd met online that he was going to "shoot up" an elementary school just minutes before murdering 19 kids and two teachers

The Independent UK

Texas teen arrested at school with pistol and toy AR-15 day after Uvalde shooting

Boy was seen earlier with guns, witness said

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter's messages

Could Facebook have known about ominous direct-message threats made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school

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Daily Mirror

Kim Kardashian 'heartbroken' and 'furious' in plea for gun control after Texas shooting

Kim Kardashian previously wrote an essay on her thoughts on gun control. Five years later, she brought back the essay following the tragic shooting in Texas

The Independent UK

Texas massacre underscores a grim statistic: gun violence is the leading cause of death among American children

Health officials warn that gun violence remains a ‘serious public health threat that must be addressed’

The Independent UK

'Horrifying' conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting

Misinformation and conspiracy theories about Tuesday's deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, began to spread online only hours after the carnage

Salon

Training kids to attack school shooters

Children not yet old enough to read or tie their shoes are expected to fend off an assault rifle. It has to stop

Tribune News Service

Michigan Senate Republicans block votes on gun storage bills after Texas school shooting

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt Wednesday to bring a set of bills to impose new storage standards for firearms up for votes in the state Senate, a day after a gunman killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school.

The Independent UK

Texas massacre casts shadow over hearing for ATF pick

Less than a day after a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, a Wednesday Senate hearing for President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reflected the deep political divisions over guns

The Independent UK

Kim Kardashian speaks out against gun violence after Texas school shooting, in comments shared with The Independent

‘I’m not numbed by it. I will never be numbed by it’

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