People mourn outside of the Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) At least 19 children and two adults were murdered by an 18-year-old male using a military-style assault weapon at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon. In
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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. Inevitably, if also understandably, many Americans are blaming the National Rifle Association
Security was top of mind for tri-state area parents and caregivers Wednesday as children went to school the day after the horrific mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that claimed the lives of 19 children and two educators. New York City has been grappling with a spike in gun violence. Since the start of
Don McLean has pulled out of this weekend’s National Rifle Association annual meeting following Tuesday’s tragic shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two adults. “In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA
US president Joe Biden said it was time to “turn this pain into action” and change gun laws following the horrific mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed at least 21 people. “Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” a visibly emotional Biden said. “Where in God’s name is our backbone
Placeholder while article actions load A search for the epitome of a broken Congress is a difficult one — not because of a lack of options, but because of a surfeit of them. But pretty high on that list is the lack of true debate on so-called “red-flag laws.” A spate of mass shootings has
Biden ATF nominee called for assault weapons ban President Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Steven Dettelbach, acknowledged Wednesday that he does not have a definition for the term “assault weapon.” NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday he was not sure whether he would attend the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Houston this week, which will take place days after a gunman killed 19 children and
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Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association released the following statement on Wednesday, May 25: Our deepest sympathies are with the families and victims involved in this horrific and evil crime. On behalf of our members, we salute the courage of school officials, first responders and others who offered their support and services. Although an
Evan Fournier offered a sweeping solution to the senseless gun violence. “Take ALL the guns away,” the Knicks guard tweeted. “Stop selling them and take the rest away.” Fournier tweeted in the wake of the latest mass killing in the United States, when an 18-year-old opened fire in a Texas elementary school Tuesday and murdered
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke is calling on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to cancel his scheduled appearance at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) leadership summit in Houston following the elementary school shooting in Texas on Tuesday. Abbott and other high-profile Republicans including Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and former President Trump have been slated to attend
The fatal shooting of 19 children and two adults at a primary school in Texas has renewed calls for a crackdown on gun ownership in the US and the reform of the country’s gun laws. The attack in the city of Uvalde is the deadliest school shooting in the US since the Sandy Hook massacre
10 days after an 18-year-old male, clad in body armor and wielding a semi-automatic weapon, walked into a grocery store in Buffalo and killed 11 people, targeting ten Black patrons, another 18-year-old male, wielding a fully loaded weapon walked into an elementary school in Uvalde Texas and killed 22 people, 19 of them children under the age of
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Senate Democrats say a major floor debate on gun control is inevitable after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, left at least 19 children and two adults dead, only 10 days after another massacre killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo. The second high-profile killing spree in the span of just more than
Donald Trump is scheduled to address the National Rifle Association (NRA) national meeting in Houston only days after a school shooting massacre in Uvalde, Texas. On Tuesday, a gunman killed 14 children and a teacher in Robb Elementary School. Police reportedly killed the suspect, an 18-year-old man. The shooting occurred only ten days after the mass shooting
Law enforcement officers speak outside of Robb Elementary School following the mass shooting. Photograph by Brandon Bell/Getty Images. An 18-year-old entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday. He shot and killed 21 people: 18 children and three adults. Eighteen children who said goodbye to their families on Tuesday morning did not come home
One place you won’t be able to find firearms in Texas is at the NRA’s Houston conference this week. Attendees aren’t allowed to bring their firearms into the event, per Secret Service guidelines. That’s because former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the forum. Loading Something is loading. One place you won’t be
In 2014, after a mass shooting in California, The Onion ran a story headlined “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.” I think of that headline after every mass shooting, including today’s horrifying one at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Every country has murderous lunatics, yet only ours has
As US president Joe Biden took to the podium in the White House briefing room and addressed the nation in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, he urged citizens to ‘stand up to the’ powerful pro-gun lobby. The US president said that it was time to act. <blockquote class=”instagram-media” data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=”https://www.instagram.com/p/CTuyQdLIpkg/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading” data-instgrm-version=”14″
President Joe Biden condemned gun manufacturers and mourned ‘so many crushed spirits’ in the wake of a devastating mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 18 children on Tuesday. ‘Where in God’s name is our backbone?’ a visibly emotional Biden pleaded. The president called on elected officials to ‘stand up to the gun lobby’
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Nineteen children and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County on Tuesday, making the massacre the deadliest school shooting in Texas’ history. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio,
(MENAFN– The Conversation) On February 14, in Parkland, Florida, 17 teachers and students were shot dead at their school by an estranged student armed with a high-powered, military-style rifle. Mass shootings at places of learning in the US are, sadly, not uncommon . On this occasion, however, the backlash against the political establishment has been
The people who did this Tuesday May 24, 2022 · 3:31 PM PDT 2022/05/24 · 15:31 ‘Thank you to the National Rifle Association …’ ‘Thank you to the National Rifle Association …’ At least 17 people are now dead, 14 of them elementary school children, after another mass shooter targeted an American school. x
The gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association (NRA), pursues a number of different policies in state legislatures across the country and in Congress, including eliminating permit requirements for concealed carry; expanding locations where guns may be carried; weakening regulation of the gun industry; and overriding duly enacted state laws that limit gun carrying.
On May 24, Texas governor Greg Abbott confirmed that 14 elementary school children and one teacher were killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about an hour and a half west of San Antonio. Abbott told the media that the shooter, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, is also dead and
Donald Trump is scheduled to address the National Rifle Association (NRA) national meeting in Houston only days after a school shooting massacre in Uvalde, Texas. On Tuesday, a gunman killed 14 children and a teacher in Robb Elementary School. Police reportedly killed the suspect, an 18-year-old man. The shooting occurred only ten days after the
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Representing districts in Lexington, Saluda, Newberry, Fairfield, Chester, Lee, Sumter, and Kershaw counties COLUMBIA, S.C. — Seats are open in the South Carolina State House of Representatives where voters select candidates by districts. Midlands counties of Lexington, Newberry, Kershaw, Sumter, Lee, Saluda, Chester and Fairfield, the population is represented by 14 districts. Below are the