Children have become more than twice as likely to die from gun violence as they were before Gov. Greg Abbott (R) took office seven years ago.
The shooting in Uvalde has once again cast attention on Texas Republicans, who, facing a string of mass shootings and rising gun violence, have used their stranglehold over state government to loosen gun restrictions.
Abbott’s strategy of loosening up gun laws hasn’t worked. He’s presided over rising child gun deaths, rising gun violence overall, and several of the country’s deadliest mass shootings — Sutherland Springs, Santa Fe High School, El Paso, and now Uvalde.
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