Around 600 Houstonians protested in front of City Hall and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's Southeast Texas office on Sunday, June 11, to raise awareness on gun safety legislation and violence in light of the recent stream of mass shootings across the country. The March For Our...
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back to archiveCuellar Sides With GOP, Votes Against Gun Reform
On Wednesday, conservative Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents Texas's 28th congressional district, voted against raising the minimum age to access semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 in the House of Representatives' latest legislation on gun safety. In...
Family of Uvalde, Buffalo Victims Testify in Congress
Family members of the victims of mass shootings, including Buffalo and Uvalde, testified in Congress on Wednesday during a hearing on gun violence with the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Zeneta Everhart, mother of 21-year-old Zaire Goodman who was injured in the...
Matthew McConaughey Visits Washington to Push Senate on Gun Violence
Texas actor Matthew McConaughey delivered remarks at the White House Press Briefing on Tuesday, speaking to reporters about the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde last month. McConaughey, who was born in Uvalde, said he had recently met with the families of the...
Op-ed: The Lone Wolf/Mental Health Claim About Gun Violence in America Is a Dangerous Diversion
In a press conference last week after the standard litany of prayers and thoughts was offered, Texas Governor Greg Abbott tried to pass off, once again, the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and mass shootings in general, as attributable to lone wolves...
Father of Uvalde Victim Demands Gunmaker Hand Over Communications With Shooter
The father of ten-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, one of the 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting, is demanding the gun manufacturer of the AR-15 used in the shooting hand over any communications they had with the Uvalde shooter who purchased and used...
‘We Need to Ban Assault Weapons’ Says Joe Biden in Speech About Gun Violence
In a major speech Thursday evening, President Joe Biden called on assault weapons to be banned following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” Biden said in his speech where he also supported strengthening...
Why Don’t Texas Republicans Take on Gun Violence? Follow The Money
Following the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas Republicans were quick to emphasize that the solution to our nation’s mass shootings is not common sense gun control. After 19 children had died, in lieu of working to prevent these tragedies in the future, they predictably...
Op-ed: From a Texan Teenager: Dear Texas Lawmakers, You Have Failed us
As I am writing this, 21 people are dead – 19 children, two teachers. The Uvalde tragedy was the 27th school shooting this year. Parents went home to their children’s haunting empty beds. Teachers died protecting their students. Kids across the country wondered if...