Published 1 year ago

Uvalde families plead for languishing Texas gun bills

Summary by Ground News

Parents of victims of the Uvalde Elementary School shooting make emotional pleas for stricter gun laws. A state House committee meets for the first time since the May 2022 shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. Much of the debate centered on a proposal that would raise the age to purchase semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 years old.

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WPLG

No vote after Uvalde parents plead for tougher gun laws

It was getting close to midnight Tuesday when Kimberly Mata-Rubio finally got her first chance since the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde — nearly one year ago — to ask Texas lawmakers to their faces to pass proposed restrictions on guns that had finally gotten a hearing.Sobbing, she pleaded for them to raise the purchase age for semiautomatic rifles like the one an 18-year-old gunman used to kill her daughter Lexi.“Did you look at imag…

1 year ago·Miami, United States

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News 4 JAX

No vote after Uvalde parents plead for tougher gun laws

It was getting close to midnight when Kimberly Mata-Rubio finally got her first chance since the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde — nearly one year ago — to ask Texas lawmakers to their faces to pass proposed restrictions on guns that had finally gotten a hearing.Sobbing, she pleaded for them to raise the purchase age for semiautomatic rifles like the one an 18-year-old gunman used to kill her daughter Lexi.“Did you look at images of ch…

1 year ago·Jacksonville, United States

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WKMG

No vote after Uvalde parents plead for tougher gun laws

1 year ago·Orlando, United States

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No vote after Uvalde parents plead for tougher gun laws

1 year ago·Detroit, United States

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The Globe & Mail

Uvalde families plead for stricter Texas gun laws

The late-night hearing underlined both the sustained anger by some Uvalde families and the GOP opposition in Texas to passing new restrictions

1 year ago·Canada

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Spectrum Local News

No vote after Uvalde parents plead for tougher gun laws

Parents whose children were killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre made sobbing pleads for stricter gun laws before legislators early Wednesday

1 year ago·United States

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