Maryann Jacob, who shielded children in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, and Manuel Oliver, father of 2018 Parkland school shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, are calling for more reforms in the way of Tuesday’s school shooting in Texas.

“There really is no way to protect your kids from it. I mean your kids are affected just like every kid in the country by watching on TV, knowing other kids who have died, hiding under their desks during active shooter drills,” said Jacob. “But there is a way to change it and that’s by electing people and making sure that the people you elect are accountable for what we need to be doing and every single person in America ought to be doing that.”

Oliver said ”there is no comfort possible here,” but “you need to take advantage of those cameras today to expose your anger, your sadness, your frustration.“

“Not only to our leaders, we’re talking about corporations here that allow this to happen. … This is something that happens only in America. We are known all around the world for this,” he said.

“I don’t need to worry about losing my kid because I already lost him, but you do. It’s not about one person, or your kids, in particular, but everyone in America,” he continued. “We provide those guns. We provide those inactions. [Children] should go to school like I went to school, have fun, enjoy the day and go back home. Make them stay safe.”

One of the victims of a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school was a teacher who died trying to protect her students from gunfire, officials revealed Wednesday.

Eva Mireles, one of two teachers who died during the shooting on Tuesday, was killed after the gunman entered her classroom, barricaded himself in, and began shooting.

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One day after a shooter in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two teachers, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) vowed to hold a special legislative session to pass gun control measures if the Supreme Court overturns the state’s restrictive concealed carry law.

Justices on the high court are soon expected to publish a ruling in the case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, a lawsuit surrounding two men who were denied a special need or “proper cause” license to carry a concealed pistol or revolver that is required under a long-standing New York law.

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The shooter behind the Tuesday shooting at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself into the classroom where he shot students after being pursued by law enforcement, according to officials.

Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old shooter, entered a crowded classroom in Uvalde and indiscriminately opened fire on the students within after barring the door, officials said. Nineteen students and two teachers were killed in the shooting after being trapped in the same classroom with Ramos, they added.

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Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference held by Gov. Greg Abbott, confronting the governor about gun laws in the state following the Uvalde shooting.

The confrontation was brief and O’Rourke relented after being shouted down by a mayor who sat by Abbott during the briefing. Someone could be heard calling O’Rourke a “sick son of a b****” during the confrontation.

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“When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” asked an impassioned President Joe Biden Tuesday night after a horrific massacre at a Texas elementary school.

This has been the cry of gun controllers for decades, and the argument beneath sounds compelling: The public wants stricter gun control laws, such as a ban on “assault rifles,” but a powerful special interest in Washington spends millions to buy off and intimidate politicians, so they don’t do the right thing.

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The grandfather of the shooter responsible for the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday said he did not know his grandson had purchased guns in the days leading up to the shooting and that he would have turned him in ahead of time.

The shooter, identified by officials as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, purchased two military-style rifles and stored them at his grandparents’ house, where the teenager was living after having a fallout with his mother. However, his grandfather, Rolando Reyes, said he had no idea he had bought the weapons, noting it’s illegal for firearms to be in the house because of Reyes’s criminal record.

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Being an advocate for individual rights and civil liberties can be difficult. When terrorists attack, when the economy fails, when a pandemic strikes, and yes, when evil visits schools , the natural instinct is to demand security above all else.

So, after each tragedy, I easily understand the reaction that soon fills my social media feeds: “We have to do something. There should be laws restricting guns so they don’t get in the hands of these deranged murderers.”

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The tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, isn’t deterring the National Rifle Association from holding it’s annual convention in Houston.

Former President Donald Trump used his platfrom on TRUTH Social Wednesday to emphasize his leadership and support for the NRA.

“America needs real solutions and real leadership in this moment, not politicians and partisanship,” Trump said. “That’s why I will keep my longtime commitment to speak in Texas at the NRA Convention and deliver an important address to America.”