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NRA convention explained: What to know about this year’s meeting

The convention comes after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Al Jazeera

Martin Schram: Seven days in May — saving America from within

“Seven Days in May,” the epic 1960s novel and a film starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner, was a fictional tale about right-wing Pentagon generals who tried to topple the U.S. government.

Tribune News Service

The evolving narrative of what happened at Uvalde the day of the shooting

Law enforcement is still investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But accounts from officials have offered a confusing look at the timeline of Tuesday's shooting.

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Editorial: Most Americans want stricter gun laws. Senate Republicans don’t seem to care

Gun-control opponents like to say that guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

Los Angeles Times

NRA opens gun convention in Texas days after deadly school shooting

Former US President Donald Trump and other leading Republicans will be among speakers at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual convention, which begins in Texas on Friday.

Evening Standard

How lawmakers in thrall to the NRA stifle gun safety laws

Powerful lobbying groups spent nearly $5m last year to expand gun rights while limiting curbs on who can have a firearm and how they can carry it

The Guardian - US

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in…

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Texas governor Greg Abbott to skip NRA convention and visit Uvalde instead amid pressure over pro-guns stance

National Rifle Association’s spokesperson says governor will pre-record message

The Independent UK

Texas Gov. Abbott going to Uvalde — not NRA — on Friday

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is returning to Uvalde on Friday, and will skip the National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

Tribune News Service

GOP "solutions" only help mass shooters

Republicans won't do anything to stop mass shootings because they benefit from them

Salon

Texas gunman allegedly texted German teenager plans for attack

The girl told CNN that the shooter said he had bought bullets and appeared to spend his time alone

The Guardian - US

Will Uvalde Be Enough?

The body count linked to Texas’ lax gun laws continues to mount.

Texas Observer

Where AR-15-style rifles fit in America's tragic history of mass shootings

The weapon used to carry out the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is one all too familiar to Americans and lawmakers who have witnessed mass shootings occur over the past decade.

WEKU

Schumer calls Texas Gov. Abbott "an absolute fraud"

"No amount of bloodshed seems to be enough for MAGA Republicans," Schumer said.

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Daily Record

Mum of Texas school shooter who killed 21 says he 'wasn't a violent person'

Adriana Reyes said she was 'surprised' that her son Salvador Ramos carried the atrocity at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Salvador Ramos texted, video-called online friend in Germany before killing 21 people at Texas elementary school

A teen girl from Germany has been left to wonder whether she could have saved those killed by Salvador Ramos, who provided her several updates in the days and hours before he slaughtered 21 people inside Robb Elementary School in Texas.

The Guardian - US

‘More could have been done’: Texas police under scrutiny over response to school shooting

Gunman remained barricaded inside a classroom for up to an hour before his rampage was brought to an end

Chicago Tribune

‘Look at Chicago’: Politicians again use city as example of why strict gun control won’t work

CHICAGO — Aline Stern of Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood found it difficult to send her two children to school on Wednesday, the morning after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in an elementary school in Texas, killing 19 children and two adults.

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘Go in there! Go in there!’: Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school during shooting

Upset that police were not moving in, one parent who rushed to the scene raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders. “Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” he said.

The Guardian - US

Texas officials deflect questions on ‘missing hour’ when gunman was in school – as it happened

Texas department of public safety briefing creates more questions about hour gunman was in school but not confronted by officers

WEKU

Texas school shooter entered Robb Elementary unobstructed, police say

Officials in Texas release more information, while Americans across the nation continue to express shock and grief at the massacre.

The Independent UK

Desperate parents urged ‘unprepared’ police to stop Texas primary school gunman

‘Go in there! Go in there!’ women shouted at officers soon after the attack began, witness says

Evening Standard

Devastated sheriff’s deputy weeps after being told daughter, 10, victim of Texas school shooting

Daughter of officer who responded to massacre among victims

ABC News

The Loop: Gun debate rages in US, Reconciliation Week arrives, and much of Australia set for wet winter

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Irish Mirror

Mum of teen Texas school shooter 'surprised' and says he 'wasn't a violent person' after 19 kids and two teachers massacred

'I'm surprised by what he did'

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