Texas School Shooting

How Many Deaths in Uvalde Were Caused By the Slowness and Slackness of Bureaucracy?

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By Dan Sanchez Why did they wait? That question must haunt the families of the nineteen children and two adults who were massacred in Uvalde, Texas last week in light of recent revelations about the...
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Good Guys With Guns: Defensive Gun Uses Soar in Chicago

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Don't look now, but Chicago is looking like it might be the defensive gun use DGU capital of the US. There have been at least forty-six Chicagoans who have used a gun since January...

Just Call 911: Escaped Convicted Contract Killer Murdered 5 Before Being Shot By Police

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By Juan A. Lozano and Adrian Sainz, AP Residents of Centerville had become more vigilant over the past three weeks as authorities searched for a murderer who had killed on behalf of Mexican drug cartels...
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Criminal Enterprise: Saturday’s Miami GUNS 4 UKRAINE ‘Buyback’ Will Break State and Federal Firearm...

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By Lee Williams The Miami Police Department plans to hold a gun buyback this Saturday at Miami City Hall, which it is calling “GUNS 4 UKRAINE.” Police are offering gift cards in exchange for the...
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Reason #846 Why More Americans Are Becoming Gun Owners Every Single Day

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You've heard the old aphorism before. 'When seconds count, police are only minutes away." Or this one: 'You are your own first responder." And then there's this: "The problem with political jokes is that...
Texas School Shooting

Uvalde Police Haven’t Committed to Cooperating With Texas House Committee Investigation of School Shooting

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From the AP . . . Police in Uvalde still haven't committed to speaking to a Texas House committee investigating the May 24 massacre at an elementary school and the law enforcement response that day,...
Miami GUNS 4 UKRAINE buyback buy back

How Many Russian Invaders Will Ukrainian Soldiers Kill With Zip Guns From Miami?

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By Kevin Sona and Lee Williams When the Miami Police Department’s “GUNS 4 UKRAINE” gun buyback first began Saturday morning, the public and members of the pro-gun media were allowed to stand next to three...
Uvalde Texas School Shooting

Rifles and a Ballistic Shield: The Uvalde Shooting Police Response Story Changes…Again

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From the AP . . . Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a...

Head of Texas DPS: The Uvalde Police Response Was ‘An Abject Failure’

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WATCH: Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw criticizes law enforcement response in #Uvalde school shooting calling it "an abject failure." MORE: https://t.co/UZ2mN4Lrm8 pic.twitter.com/zXwxJRBS1r — KXAN News (@KXAN_News) June 21, 2022 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js By Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg, AP Law...
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Uvalde Proves, Once and for All, That At Least Some Teachers and Staff In...

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After a high profile shooting like the massacre at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, it's not uncommon for a lot of bad information to come out in the media and even from investigators...
Daunte Wright Officer Trial

City of Brooklyn Center Agrees to Pay Daunte Wright’s Family $3.2 Million in Wrongful...

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From the Associated Press . . . A suburban Minneapolis city has agreed to pay $3.2 million to the family of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a police officer who said she confused...
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Uvalde School District Police Chief Put on Leave Following Latest Revelations

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By Jake Bleiberg, AP The Uvalde school district’s police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two...