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Members of the nonprofit Faith in Texas say they met with Sen. John Cornyn's staff to address gun violence, but said they didn't see eye to eye on reducing access to assault rifles. The plea comes after a mass shooting in Uvalde May 24 left 21 dead and 17 injured.
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The district’s superintendent said students will be moved to other campuses but did not confirm reports that the Robb Elementary School building may be razed.
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The governor’s orders to the Texas House and Senate come as Democrats and gun-reform groups are instead urging lawmakers to immediately return to Austin for a special legislative session addressing gun laws.
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Longtime Uvalde residents say the city is a hunting mecca and the love for guns goes right along with it. But some would now support measures like raising the age limit to buy AR-style weapons or monitoring high-volume ammunition purchases.
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O’Rourke became known on the presidential campaign trail for his “Hell yes” promise to ban assault weapons. He’s been less vocal about the policy in his run for governor but this week, after the school shooting in Uvalde, he’s been newly assertive about the issue.
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The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety said last week that chief Pete Arredondo’s directive to not engage the shooter sooner was the “wrong decision.”
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Trends have been increasing over time for both domestic violence homicides and the proportion carried out with guns, with 184 domestic violence homicides of women in Texas in 2021.
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From noon to 12:21 p.m. on Tuesday, The Texas Newsroom will join media outlets across the state in silencing social media accounts for 21 minutes to help remember the victims of last week’s shooting.
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The question moving forward is whether Democrats, outnumbered in the Texas Legislature for two decades, will be able to put enough pressure on lawmakers to move on a previously intractable issue in gun-friendly Texas and that Republicans, who support looser gun laws, will fight tooth and nail.
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, will travel to South Texas after a gunman killed 19 children and two schoolteachers on Tuesday. The tragedy is the country’s second-deadliest school shooting.
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The shooting in Uvalde came just days before the NRA holds its annual meeting in Houston.
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As the country has grappled with police shootings, cities like Dallas and Washington D.C. have changed their policies on how and when police departments should release body camera footage.