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A day after a massacre at a Texas elementary school took the lives of 19 children and two teachers, the shooting in Texas has renewed calls for more gun regulations as Congress remains gridlocked on the issue. Democratic Sen. Chris

On Wednesday, stories began to emerge about the lives of the 19 children and their two teachers who were gunned down behind a barricaded door at Robb Elementary School in the southwestern Texas town of Uvalde.

Many prior efforts to pass new gun laws have hit a wall in the U.S. Senate and in some state legislatures. The National Rifle Association, or the NRA, has been a major part of those debates, particularly at the federal

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For years, proponents of tougher gun restrictions have placed much of the blame for America’s crisis of gun death on the National Rifle Association. So it was no surprise that in the aftermath of the mass murder at Robb Elementary

The Uvalde massacre is leading to tough questions all over again about how adults should talk to children about these shootings. Dr. Melissa Brymer, director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress,

Organizations affiliated with liberal and progressive streams of Judaism call for reforms after latest mass killing, but others shy away from taking politically fraught stance

Beto O’Rourke confronts Abbott in Uvalde: ‘You are doing nothing’  The Washington Post Texas school shooting: Beto O’Rourke derails Gov. Greg Abbott update on Uvalde shooting  Fox News 21 killed in Texas elementary school shooting: Live updates  CNN ‘You’re giving us nothing:’ Beto

Sen. Murphy tries to get talks going on limited gun measures after Texas shooting  NPR Texas school shooting: Beto O’Rourke derails Gov. Greg Abbott update on Uvalde shooting  Fox News 21 killed in Texas elementary school shooting: Live updates  CNN With wild disruption

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