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Jessie Rodriguez is sitting in a Uvalde park where he used to picnic with his twin daughters, trying to come to terms with the fact that one of the girls will never accompany him again.
It's been less than a week since Annabell, 10, was senselessly gunned down along with 18 other students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. The grief is written on Mr Rodriguez's face and in his gestures, though he says the reality of her absence – no more laughter making TikTok videos, no more chats about her dreams to become a veterinarian – has yet to fully set in.
In the meantime, he's sure of one emotion: unadulterated anger.
Anger at the authorities. Anger at the fact the shooter, Salvador Ramos, had legal access to assault weapons and reams of ammunition. |
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| Many gun owners say they need military-style weapons to defend themselves against 'government overreach' |
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| At least 79 people killed or injured in 16 mass shootings in America |
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| Greene joins line of far-right Republicans falling for 4chan misinformation |
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| If Roe is scrapped women in Mississippi will have to travel 1,000 miles to New Mexico for help |
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What measures have Republicans proposed to end school shootings? |
As parents, community members and staff grieve in the wake of yet another mass shooting in America, those not immediately involved in the tragedy that left 19 children and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, found themselves turning to their elected officials and rallying around a seemingly simple request: do something. US president Joe Biden, who only a week before had travelled to Buffalo, the site of another massacre, offered a sharp rebuke of his country's gun control policies. Delivering a damning speech, Mr Biden called on Congress to address the easy availability of military-style rifles. Democratic lawmakers made similarly stirring pleas from the Senate floor, pleading for action, but those sitting across the aisle insisted that the problem was not solvable. From airport security checks to a volunteer militia of armed parents, here's what Republican politicians suggested instead of gun reform as measures to protect children from having to bear witness to yet another brutal school shooting, of which there have been 27 so far already this year. |
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– The number of people injured in another shooting in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday night. |
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| "We are committed to turning this pain into action." |
– US president Joe Biden consoles the grieving community of Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday after last week's massacre at Robb Elementary School and pledges tighter gun controls. |
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