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At least NINETEEN children massacred in second-deadliest US school shooting ever: Gunman, 18, kills 22 at Texas primary, including two teachers, before police shoot him dead
An 18-year-old Texan has shot and killed 19 students and two teachers in the city of Uvalde, after first shooting his grandmother. He shared photos on social media of his guns and warned of the attack. The shooter engaged in a firefight with border patrol before the shooting and then ran into the school and barricaded himself inside the school. Police initially reported he was arrested before confirming he died. Photos outside the scene show a pickup truck that crashed outside the school, it was unclear if the car belonged to the gunman. Concerned parents were captured at the scene desperately searching for their children and video from the chaotic scene showed police arriving to the school campus with their guns in hand. One widely shared video appears to show the suspected gunman approach the school while what sounds like gunfire is going off in the background.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10850557/Active-shooter-loose-Texas-elementary-school-campus-plunged-lockdown.html
An 18-year-old Texan has shot and killed 19 students and two teachers in the city of Uvalde, after first shooting his grandmother. He shared photos on social media of his guns and warned of the attack. The shooter engaged in a firefight with border patrol before the shooting and then ran into the school and barricaded himself inside the school. Police initially reported he was arrested before confirming he died. Photos outside the scene show a pickup truck that crashed outside the school, it was unclear if the car belonged to the gunman. Concerned parents were captured at the scene desperately searching for their children and video from the chaotic scene showed police arriving to the school campus with their guns in hand. One widely shared video appears to show the suspected gunman approach the school while what sounds like gunfire is going off in the background.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10850557/Active-shooter-loose-Texas-elementary-school-campus-plunged-lockdown.html
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metro.co.uk/2022/05/25/texas-school-massacre-marks-212th-mass-shooting-in-the-us-this-year-16705249/
Texas school massacre marks 212th mass shooting in the US ...
That figure is unbelievable.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/wesleywhistle/2020/07/31/democrats-introduce-bill-to-get-police-out-of-schools/?sh=24c1e93cc979
I'd wager almost everyone in the UK finds the gun laws in America baffling (at best), but I'm curious to know if that extends to a Trump fan with a known penchant for guns.
There's no need to try and shut down debate, despite the very sensitive subject matter.
Certain sections of America are just so engrossed in their beloved 'Second Amendment' that they cannot see past it, and the result is that people die in schools, supermarkets, churches etc etc
To some batshit crazy Americans, their right to own guns trumps the rights of kids to go to school and not be murdered.
Congressman Gonzales is fully committed to ensuring that the innocent lives of the unborn are protected. As a father of six, the right to life is a crucial part of his legislative agenda.
https://gonzales.house.gov/issues/pro-life
Wants to protect the lives of unborn children, yet seemingly has no appetite to protect the lives of actual, living children.
Murica.
Over 200 mass shootings in USA so far this Year, more than one-a-day ....... just CRAZY
So glad we live in the UK
What has Floyd got to do with a mass shooting of kids?
Most of the mass shootings have been committed by people already known to law enforcement agencies.
The fact that many of the gunmen were already known to the police shows that there are measures in place to flag up problem people with guns.
The key point is-they still have guns.
On another point-police in schools. This should never be routine.
There are 130,000 schools in the US. Less than 700,000 people that could be defined as active law enforcement. Once you take away holidays, shift work (clue:-a lot of crime happens outside school hours), how many people do you have left-half that?
So-you have about 40% of your available police sitting in schools. The vast majority not dealing with any crime whatsoever. 12 schools had tragedy-but 129,988 did not. I would want enough police to deal with credible threats and responding to attacks, rather than sitting around doing nothing.