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Uvalde Proved it Can Be a Lethal Mistake to Outsource Your Safety to Civil Servants
Being “outgunned” does not appear to be the case. pic.twitter.com/EEvwlAdaeE — Gun Facts (@gunfacts) March 22, 2023 Uvalde police who responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting told investigators they were scared of the shooter’s military-style rifle. Our police are outgunned. “Our police are outgunned,” they worry. So naturally, law abiding citizens must once again … Read more
Uvalde School Shooting Response Failures Will ‘Set Back Law Enforcement 20 Years’
By Lindsay Whitehurst, AP A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — more than the entire police force in a midsize American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or Tempe, Arizona. But for more than 70 minutes on May 24, not one stopped the shooter. Amid the sounds of continuing gunfire emanating … Read more
Texas Committee Report on Uvalde Shooting Details ‘Systemic Failures and Egregious Poor Decision Making’
Other than the attacker, the Committee did not find any “villains” in the course of its investigation. There is no one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives. Instead, we found systemic failures and egregious poor decision making. We recognize that that the impact of this tragedy is felt most profoundly by the … Read more
Uvalde Proves, Once and for All, That At Least Some Teachers and Staff In Every School Must Be Armed
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 who don’t yet have a handle on what happened. That’s why we usually add warnings to our initial reports when these … Read more
