Texas shooting triggers another gun control debate
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Texas shooting triggers another gun control debate
The mass shooting that left 19 schoolchildren and two teachers dead in the deeply pro-gun state of Texas has started another debate on the need for restrictions on gun ownership. There is increased pressure on US politicians to act; there is also the grim expectation of little or no change.
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Eighth mass shooting this year
It was the eighth mass shooting this year, according to the Everytown gun control group. It comes 10 days after another 18-year-old murdered 10 African Americans at a supermarket in New York.
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BIden's call for action
A distraught President Joe Biden vowed to overcome the US gun lobby and find a way to tighten gun ownership laws. 'Don't tell me we can't have an impact on this carnage, he said."
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Pope Francis 'heartbroken'
Pope Francis said he was "heartbroken" by the shooting, and called for greater controls on weapons. "It is time to say 'enough' to the indiscriminate trafficking of weapons," he said.
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Plenty of big guns
Guns of all kinds, especially high-powered assault rifles and semi-automatic pistols are cheaper and more widely available than ever across the United States. The right to keep and bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.
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Pro-gun politicians
When the subject of gun control was raised in the US Senate post the Texas shooting, Senator Ted Cruz promptly pushed back saying that an attack on constitutional gun rights "is not effective in stopping these sort of crimes."
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National Rifle Association
The debate during the weekend, when Texas hosts the annual convention of the National Rifle Association. The NRA is the country's leading pro-gun lobby. Scheduled to speak there are former president Donald Trump, Senator Cruz and other prominent Republicans.