Mass Shootings

NPR reports: The Justice Department will conduct a review of the police response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, at the request of the city’s mayor, Don McLaughlin. “The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare …

“You have to have multiple layers of security to protect the children. And there’s also the factor of human error. And that’s the reason that you’ve got to have different layers, you can’t rely upon just one technique. “School Safety is something that we all have to focus on coming out of the incredible tragedy that we see in Uvalde, …

CBS News reports: Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut sees the opportunity for Congress to pass “something significant” on gun safety for the first time in decades, he said on “Face the Nation” Sunday. Murphy, who is leading bipartisan talks on a gun safety measure now, told moderator Margaret Brennan that he’s seen more Republicans “coming to the table and talking …

The Washington Post reports: President Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in this small city of 16,000 on Sunday, as immense grief weighed on the residents, families and officials trying to come to terms with another senseless mass shooting in America.  The visit is the second by the president in less than two weeks to the epicenter of a …

The Hill reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Sunday that he is “open to” an assault weapons ban after a gunman killed 21 people in Uvalde, Texas with an AR-15-style rifle. “I have opposed a ban fairly recently, I think I’m open to a ban now,” Kinzinger told co-anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It’s going …

“The Second Amendment is designed to help ensure that we, the citizenry, always have the right to take back our government should it become dictatorial. “That was a great fear of the Founding Fathers and, quite frankly, it’s a fear today. And as long as we enjoy infringed Second Amendment rights then we don’t really have to worry that much …

“We’re supposed to see something, say something, but we all know that if you actually see something and say something, you’ll get labeled. “They’ll say, ‘You’re a bigot, I can’t believe you’d do that.’ Maybe you misgendered that person. They’ll go after you for hate crimes, you’ll get sued for stating the obvious. “It’s the gun, it’s not the sociopath …

The Insider reports: Despite law enforcement changing their story about what occurred during this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, at least a dozen times, GOP Sen. John Cornyn tweeted on Saturday that “second-guessing” the police response to the incident is “unfair.” Cornyn’s comments were added to an earlier post from Texas Rep. Tony Gonzalez that indicated the Uvalde police …

The Buffalo News reports: Rep. Chris Jacobs of Orchard Park on Friday made a surprising about-face on gun control issues, becoming perhaps the first congressional Republican to call for an assault weapons ban in the wake of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. At a news conference in Lancaster and in a later interview with The Buffalo …

The Insider reports: Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy this week said that he thought people still needed assault weapons to kill “feral pigs.” Vice News asked Cassidy whether he believed there was any room to ban assault weapons in the country. The lawmaker was also asked why someone would ever need an AR-15 — the weapon used by the gunman in …

“It’s not about left, right, guns, no guns. This is about brains that are dysfunctioning. This is mental. This is not about healthy human beings serving the country with arms to bear or even the right of this Constitution for bearing arms. “We must identify every individual for their credentials, for their mental capacity to bear arms. “There should be …

The Associated Press reports: Speakers at the National Rifle Association annual meeting assailed a Chicago gun ban that doesn’t exist, ignored security upgrades at the Texas school where children were slaughtered and roundly distorted national gun and crime statistics as they pushed back against any tightening of gun laws. TEXAS SEN. TED CRUZ: “Gun bans do not work. Look at …

Via press release from Indivisible Houston: Indivisible Houston Board Member Benjamin Hernandez challenged Ted Cruz to support background checks and other measures during a break in dinner at Uptown Sushi on Westheimer. “He needs to be held accountable,” said Hernandez. “For him to attend the NRA Convention today after the murder of 19 kids and two teachers in Uvalde three …

ESPN reports: As details of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, continue to unfold, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler on Friday wrote that he is “not okay with the state of this country” and that he “felt like a coward” for not protesting “the lack of delivery on the promise of what our national anthem represents.” Kapler told …

The Hill reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Friday said he expects new laws to be enacted in response the shooting this week that killed 21 people at an elementary school. “Do we expect any laws to come out of this devastating crime? The answer is yes. Absolutely yes,” Abbott said. When asked about calling a special session for …

Axios reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a press conference Friday that he was “misled” on the timeline of the events of the Uvalde school shooting. Driving the news: “The information that I was given turned out, in part, to be inaccurate, and I’m absolutely livid about that,” he said. The Texas governor said that he took down notes …

The Independent reports: Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, has received $1,269,486 from the gun rights group, according to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Mr Johnson was asked about gun control by a CNN reporter after 19 students and two teachers were killed in a massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The elected official stayed …

The Associated Press reports: Protesters holding signs and crosses with photos of victims from this week’s Texas elementary school shooting, converged Friday outside the gun lobby National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston. Protesters, some shouting “NRA go away,” and “Shame, it could be your kids today,” jeered as thousands of members of the nation’s biggest gun lobby thronged the …

Reuters reports: Panicked children and teachers placed half a dozen calls to 911 emergency services from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, while roughly 20 officers waited in a hallway for nearly an hour before entering the room, authorities said on Friday. At least two children called the 911 emergency number from the …

“I just couldn’t go. It’s pretty obvious to me that to play – and I have to say the NRA cancelled its convention in 2020 and 2021, had moved it to Memorial Day on ‘22 – so we’re all contracted, a lot of us artists. “The unfortunate shooting in Texas took place at a very bad time. And for me …