Beta O’Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Abbott about gun control during Uvalde press conference
Law enforcement officials said the gunman appears to have acted alone. “The investigation is telling us that the suspect did act alone at this point,” Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police chief Pete Arredondo told reporters.
But advocates for stronger gun-safety measures criticized Republicans for blocking gun-control legislation, even as mass shootings continue to devastate communities across the country. Ten people were, on May 14, by an alleged gunman who espoused white-supremacist views and targeted Black shoppers. “Just days after a shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down African American patrons, we have another Sandy Hook on our hands. What are we doing?” Murphy said, speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday. “Why are you here, if not to solve a problem as existential as this?”A policeman talks to people asking for information outside of the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, on May 24.Educators also spoke out, calling on lawmakers to make schools safe places for students and teachers.
“Any basketball questions don’t matter,” said Kerr, whose father Malcolm, while serving as the president of the American University of Beirut, was“When are we going to do something?” Kerr said, pounding his hand on a table. “I’m so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there … I’m sorry, I’m tired of moments of silence. Enough.”
The shooting at Uvalde means that three of the ten deadliest school shootings in the U.S. have now taken place in Texas. Here is the list of the deadliest shootings at K-12 schools and colleges in the U.S. in order of the number of fatalities.Sandy Hook Elementary School:: Uvalde, Texas, 2022,19 students and 2 adults killed, total of 21 victims.University of Texas-Austin:Columbine, Colorado, 1999. 12 students, 1 teacher killed by two gunmen.
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