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![Law enforcement officers stand looking at a memorial following a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0610-uvalde-police-school-400x300.jpg)
Uvalde Hires More Police After 60 Cops Took 77 Minutes to Act in School Shooting
Critics have rejected the idea that the shooting could have been averted or mitigated with a larger police department.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0609-aoc-400x300.jpg)
“This Is About Blood Money”: AOC Slams GOP for Compliance With Gun Lobby
“This is not normal,” Ocasio-Cortez said, showing how gun manufacturers' power has yielded rampant shootings in the U.S.
![People arrive to testify before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill on June 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0608-gun-violence-hearing-400x300.jpg)
Victims of Buffalo & Uvalde Shootings Will Testify Before Congress Wednesday
The hearings will include the testimony of a fourth-grade student who survived the school shooting in Uvalde.
![Sen. Joe Manchin attends a hearing in Dirksen Building on May 4, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0607-joe-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Joe Manchin Is Open to Raising Age to Buy Assault Weapons to 21
The right-wing West Virginia senator questioned why it was necessary for anyone to own an AR-15.
![Texas Editor: Police in Uvalde Are Actively Obstructing Us from Doing Our Jobs](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/SEG3-guest-split-400x300.jpg)
Journalists in Texas Say Uvalde Police Are Actively Obstructing News Reporters
Officials in Uvalde face increasing accusations of stonewalling the media.
![House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks during a news conference regarding the baby formula shortage, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-1240729384-400x300.jpg)
The Gun Lobby Sponsors Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s Secretive Island Club
Hoyer is the honorary chair of an invitation-only club supported by the National Sports Shooting Foundation.
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Days After Uvalde, Mass Shooting in Tulsa Leaves 4 Dead
The shooting is the latest in a string of attacks that have killed dozens of people over the past few weeks.
![Gabe Kapler adjusts his hat while licking his lips](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0531-gabe-kapler-400x300.jpg)
Pro Athletes Can Amplify Social Justice Movements — If They Follow Through
Today’s activist athletes are, for the most part, swimming upstream against very strong currents.
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Pulse Survivor: Delayed Cop Response in Uvalde Shows Pattern in Mass Shootings
“We have to be honest about stopping gun violence before it erupts in the halls of our school," says Brandon Wolf.
![Joe Biden shouts into a microphone while positioned in front of three u.s. flags](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0531biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Sparks Anger by Describing McConnell and Cornyn as “Rational” on Guns
Progressive Nina Turner responded, “What in the neoliberal hell is this?”