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This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests. -
Law enforcement is still investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But accounts from officials have offered a confusing look at the timeline of Tuesday's shooting. -
These two tragedies share similarities, including certain aspects of the suspects and how the weapons were accessed. -
The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today. -
"Is this the moment to reform gun laws?" British reporter Mark Stone from Sky News asked the U.S. senator. -
Joe Garcia had dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial on Thursday, The New York Times reported. He "pretty much just fell over" after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew said. -
The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees are using their Twitter accounts to bring awareness to gun violence instead of covering their game Thursday night. -
An unknown person made the telephone threat against Del Norte High School via a call to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department in the early afternoon, a lieutenant said. -
School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students. -
The Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting is the second-deadliest mass shooting on record. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed.
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