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Mass Shootings

Ocasio-Cortez Raises Concern Over Criminalization Provisions in Senate Gun Bill
Creating avenues for criminalization targets marginalized people without reducing gun violence, safety advocates say.

Protesters Call for Student Strikes If Lawmakers Fail to Pass Gun Reforms
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in over 450 protests across the country Saturday led by March for Our Lives.

Trauma Surgeons Call for Gun Reforms in Wake of Mass Shootings
Medical professionals say many patients cannot be saved when their injuries are caused by military-style rifles.

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.

House GOP Unites Against Condemning White Supremacy Behind Buffalo Shooting
The “Great Replacement” theory is a white supremacist ideation that allegedly motivated the mass shooter in Buffalo.

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.

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.

Journalists in Texas Say Uvalde Police Are Actively Obstructing News Reporters
Officials in Uvalde face increasing accusations of stonewalling the media.

44 Percent of GOP Voters View Mass Shootings as Part of Living in “Free Society”
The poll was conducted a week after a gunman killed 19 students and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Federal Grant May Help Pay for Razing of School Where Uvalde Shooting Took Place
"I would never ask, expect, a child to ever have to walk in those doors ever, ever again," Mayor Don McLaughlin said.