Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended the law enforcement response after it was confirmed they waited about an hour outside the Uvalde, Texas, school during last week’s mass shooting. The Texas senator—who was recently tapped by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to work with Democrats on possible gun control rules—claimed that criticizing first responders after…
Texas Senator Defends Police Amid Criticism Over School Shooting Response
Live Q&A at 10:30PM ET: Debunking the ‘Far-Right Extremist’ Lie; Uvalde Shooting Undermines Gun-Grab Narrative—With Trevor Loudon
Senate Republicans recently voted down a bill intended to combat what Democrats say is a rise in domestic terrorism, noting the bill constituted the creation of “thought police” offices within federal agencies. On a deeper level, however, the arguments for the bill were based on a false pretense that a recent mass shooting in Buffalo,…
NRA Vows to Protect Second Amendment Rights, Decries ‘Evil’ Actions of ‘Criminal Monster’ in Texas
The CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday decried the “evil that occurred at Robb Elementary School” in Texas, while vowing to protect the constitutional right of citizens to defend themselves. NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said at the association’s annual convention that the NRA’s members are mothers and fathers who are grieving with the nation for the young…
House Oversight Committee to Probe Gunmakers After Texas School Shooting
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), chair of the House Oversight Committee, has opened an investigation into five U.S. gun manufacturers in the wake of the Texas school shooting. Maloney sent letters Friday ahead of a hearing on gun violence on June 8 to Bushmaster Firearms (pdf), Daniel Defense (pdf), Sig Sauer (pdf), Smith and Wesson (pdf), and Ruger (pdf) asking for…
Official: Girl Told 911 ‘Send the Police Now’ as Police Waited
May 27, 2022
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UVALDE, Texas—Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week’s attack on a Texas elementary school, including one who pleaded, “Please send the police now,” as officers waited more than an hour to breach the classroom after following the gunman into the building, authorities said Friday. The commander at the…
Gov. Greg Abbott Says He’s ‘Livid’ He Was ‘Misled’ About Texas School Shooting Events
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that as a result of being “misled” by local authorities, he gave the public inaccurate information about the massacre of school children at Robb Elementary School. “I was misled. I am livid about what happened,” Abbott said at a press conference in Uvalde on Friday, after two days of…
Facts Matter (May 27): Uvalde Shooter Fired Gun For 12 Minutes Outside School Before Entering; Police Stood By
Over in the city of Uvalde, Texas, there was a mass shooting at an elementary school that left 21 people dead—including 19 children. However, the timeline of events leading up to the death of the actual shooter is something that is not quite adding up. Not only did it take about an hour between when…
Uvalde Police Made ‘Wrong Decision’ During Mass Shooting: Texas Official; NRA Begins Annual Event | NTD Evening News
A Texas official admitted on May 27 that it was the “wrong decision” for law enforcement to not have engaged the Uvalde school shooter sooner. This comes after the victims’ families demanded answers from law enforcement about why it took them up to one hour to engage the gunman. The National Rifle Association (NRA) has begun…
Democrat Rep. Joaquin Castro Requests FBI Investigation of Uvalde Shooting, Citing ‘Conflicting Accounts’
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) is requesting an FBI investigation into police conduct during and after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead. Castro, whose San Antonio district lies around 80 miles from Uvalde, made the request for “a complete and comprehensive account of how this tragedy occurred” in a…
McConnell, Other Republicans Consider Concessions to Democrats on Gun Legislation
Some Republicans are considering conceding to Democrats’ demands to tighten federal gun laws in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left at least 19 dead. Democrats have long pushed for stricter gun control at a federal level but Republicans, citing Second Amendment rights, have long pushed back against these efforts. Now,…
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