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After mass shootings like Uvalde, national gun control fails – but states often loosen gun laws

Calls for new gun legislation that previously failed to pass Congress are being raised again after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in the small town of Uvalde, Texas.

The Conversation

Why can’t America do anything to stop mass shootings?

Despite hundreds of mass shootings unfolding in the US every year, Congress has repeatedly failed to pass major gun-control legislation

The Guardian - US

Will Congress act on guns after Sandy Hook, Buffalo, Uvalde?

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has quickly set in motion a pair of firearms background check bills in response to the school massacre in Texas

The Independent UK

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Echoes of Sandy Hook massacre in Texas primary school shooting

Victims of the 2012 attack that killed 20 children and six adults condemn lack of progress on gun control.

Al Jazeera

What was Sandy Hook as bloody Texas school shooting leaves 19 children dead

Innocent children were brutally killed in their own school in yet another mass shooting in the US. The country has been plagued by mass killings as legislators struggle to agree on gun control laws

Daily Mirror

Gallego rips "f**king baby killer" Cruz

Cruz calls for guns in schools even after teenage gunman "outgunned" armed police before killing 19 children

Salon

Texas shooting: Joe Biden demands gun control after 19 children killed in school massacre

In an emotional White House address, US president Joe Biden called for action to curb gun violence

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First Thing: Nineteen children and two adults killed in Texas school shooting

Lawmakers and gun control groups lead calls to stop carnage, saying ‘it is our choice to let it continue’. Plus, Walmart begins drone delivery service

The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden in emotional plea for gun laws after Texas school shooting

AN emotional Joe Biden has asked when the “when in God’s name” US politicians are going to take concrete action to stop mass shootings after a…

The National (Scotland)

Texas school shooting: What, where and who?

Gunman kills 19 children and two adults in attack on Texas primary school. Here’s what we know so far.

Al Jazeera

What we know so far about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Tuesday's attack at Robb Elementary School took the lives of 21 people. An additional 17 people were injured.

WEKU

‘Enough is enough’: Texas shooting spurs pleas for gun control

Gunman kills 19 children in attack on school in Uvalde, Texas, sparking renewed calls for gun control legislation.

Al Jazeera

Amanda Gorman decries US inaction on gun violence in poem after Texas school shooting

The poet, who performed at the inauguration of Joe Biden, says to ‘do nothing isn’t just insanity – it’s inhumanity’

The Guardian - AU

Texas school shooting: what we know so far

First victims being named as US president calls for action on gun laws

The Guardian - US

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US Senator from Connecticut Chris Murphy rages in powerful speech after Texas school shooting

United States Senator from Connecticut Chris Murphy delivers an impassioned speech on the Senate floor just hours after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, in south-west Texas.

Tribune News Service

‘Another Sandy Hook:’ Connecticut lawmakers, officials respond to hauntingly familiar shooting in Texas

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s lawmakers said they were heartbroken Tuesday at the news of a deadly Texas elementary school shooting that is hauntingly familiar to the elementary school massacre that took 26 lives in Newtown 10 years ago.

The Guardian - US

‘Literally on my hands and knees’: Senator Chris Murphy’s desperate plea for gun action

Murphy, who came to Congress representing Sandy Hook’s district, called ‘bullshit’ on Republicans for focusing on mental health not guns

Tribune News Service

Texas school shooting precedes Senate hearing on pick to run ATF

WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Axios

"What are we doing?": Senator Chris Murphy slams colleagues after Texas shooting

A gunman shot and killed 14 kids and one teacher at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

‘When will this end?’: rage over US gun violence after second mass shooting in 10 days

Lawmakers and gun control groups lead calls to to stop the carnage: ‘it is our choice to let it continue’

The Independent UK

Sen. Murphy begs for gun compromise after Texas shooting

Connecticut U.S. Chris Murphy came to Congress representing Sandy Hook

The Independent UK

Democratic senator pleads for action on gun violence after Texas massacre: ‘What are we doing?’

‘Why are you here if not to solve a problem as existential as this?’

Salon

Murphy begs GOP over guns after shooting

"I'm here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues"

Los Angeles Times

White House is nudged to move on stalled Garcetti nomination

WASHINGTON — One of Eric Garcetti’s top advocates in the Senate said the White House needs to make a decision on the future of the Los Angeles mayor’s bid to be ambassador to India within weeks, suggesting the embattled nomination has lingered in a state of limbo too long.

Tribune News Service

Garcetti's nomination remains stalled in Senate

WASHINGTON — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India is dangling by a thread in the Senate, with several Democrats continuing to express hesitation over the nomination.

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