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The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

Beto O’Rourke shares plan to protect kids, limit gun access in wake of Texas shooting

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

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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees — but not a special session — following Uvalde school shooting

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.

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5 years. 5 mass shootings. 87 dead in Texas. What gun laws could have applied in each case?

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has experienced multiple mass shootings in recent years.

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Republicans begin backpedaling on gun control after Uvalde school shooting massacre

Republicans have begun to pivot to mental health on both the national and state level after the shooting in Texas

The Independent UK

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees following Uvalde school shooting

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.

Tribune News Service

Texas Gov. excludes gun control from special session on school shootings

Abbott's letter listed school safety, mental health and social media as some areas of focus for the session.

Axios

More Uvalde police claims fall apart

Officials admit teacher didn't leave school door propped open and video shows 911 operator alerted cops of victims

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Salvador Ramos: Everything we know about Texas school mass shooter

Eighteen-year-old Uvalde high school student shot his grandmother before driving to Robb Elementary School where he killed 21 people

The Independent UK

The parents of these Uvalde victims want to ban AR-15s. Will America listen?

Those touched by Uvalde shooting want reform, but Republicans in Texas and beyond won’t budge

The Independent UK

Texas governor issues disaster declaration in Uvalde to expedite aide to community

FORT WORTH, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster in the southwest Texas city of Uvalde after a gunman entered an elementary school there and killed 19 children and two teachers, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

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Texas governor declares disaster in Uvalde to help deploy resources ‘needed to heal’

Greg Abbott’s order expedites critical state and local aid to grieving town

The Independent UK

‘We have to do something’: calls mount for Texas gun control laws after latest deadly attack

As data indicates state leads the US in mass shooting deaths, Democrats – and some Republicans – demand legislative action

The Guardian - US

Uvalde grieves, says goodbyes at visitations, funerals

It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students — the start of summer break

The Independent UK

Ulvade parents reject Abbott

“My first thought was: ‘My Lexi doesn’t even like him’"

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Commentary: Why our response to school shootings is all wrong

“He shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensibly,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said, describing the actions of the 18-year-old gunman allegedly responsible for killing 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

John M. Crisp: Our gun problem is actually a governance problem

Was there a moment when it dawned on you that the Uvalde massacre of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers is not going to result in any meaningful change in our nation’s gun laws?

The Independent UK

Salvador Ramos: Everything we know about Texas school mass shooter

Eighteen-year-old Uvalde high school student shot his grandmother before driving to Robb Elementary School where he killed 21 people

Al Jazeera

Texas mass shooting could affect governor’s race

Beto O’Rourke’s outburst at Greg Abbott’s news conference highlighted starkly different approaches to gun control.

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The Independent UK

Mass shooter took more ammunition into Uvalde elementary school than US soldier takes into battle

Salvador Ramos legally bought two AR-15 rifles and 1,657 rounds of ammunition for his 18th birthday, just days before he killed 19 children and two teachers

The Conversation

One family's photo album includes images of a vacation, a wedding anniversary and the lynching of a Black man in Texas

As a historian and director of the Lynching in Texas project, which has documented more than 600 racial terror lynchings, I receive regular emails from journalists, scholars and activists who want to discuss the history of racial violence.

The Independent UK

O'Rourke bets shooting will shake up Texas governor's race

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.”

The Independent UK

Ten-year-old arrested for threatening school shooting in Florida

‘Right now is not the time to act like a little delinquent. It’s not funny,’ sheriff says

Salon

Gov. Abbott booed in Uvalde

Abbott, who arrived to meet with Biden, faced jeers and heckling from the crowd

The Independent UK

Biden responds to protesters pressing him to ‘do something’ on Uvalde school visit: ‘We will’

Over the weekend, bipartisan group of senators in Congress discussed ways to reach compromise on gun safety legislation

The Independent UK

Salvador Ramos: Everything we know about Texas school mass shooter

Eighteen-year-old Uvalde high school student shot his grandmother before driving to Robb Elementary School where he killed 21 people

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