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DALLAS — In the gymnasium, the anger and frustration were palpable.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for special legislative committees to examine what legislation and action might be taken to prevent future school shootings.

Democrat Beto O'Rourke briefly seized the presidential race spotlight in 2019 when he declared after a mass shooting his hometown of El Paso, Texas, that “Hell yes, we're gonna take your AR-15.”

Thousands gathered inside of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston for the NRA convention while swaths of others convened outside in protest, advocating for gun control legislation.

UVALDE, Texas — Randall Methvin is a thoughtful man who talks with a Texas twang, still works as a ranch hand at age 68 and has felt an affinity for firearms since childhood, when his Depression-hardened father would take him out quail and dove hunting.

HOUSTON — Former President Donald Trump read the name of each of the Uvalde school shooting victims at the start of a speech Friday at the NRA annual convention in Houston and called the shooting a “savage and barbaric atrocity that shocks the conscience of every single American.”

Texan Governor Greg Abbott has maintained his grip on America's Lone Star state for seven years, and is likely to clinch a third term later this year. For now, he must grapple with yet another mass shooting.

Donald Trump, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, and Sen. Ted Cruz are all still slated to speak at the event

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