Update: 14 students and a teacher killed in Texas school shooting

Fourteen students and a teacher are dead after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to Gov. Greg Abbott. The 18-year-old suspect, a student at Uvalde High School, is also dead, he said.

The suspect also allegedly shot his grandmother before entering the school and again opening fire, Abbott said. He did not say anything further about her condition. Abbott said the shooter had a handgun and also possibly a rifle.

Take action! Write your Reps, Senators, The President. Demand gun control laws be enacted now. Join a gun control group, make a donation.

Here are some gun control advocacy groups to join and donate to:

Everytown for Gun Safety:
https://www.everytown.org/about-everytown/

The Brady Campaign:
https://www.bradyunited.org/

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence:
https://www.csgv.org/

Giffords PAC:
https://giffords.org/

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Theyitis · 36-40, M

I hate to say it, but it looks hopeless to me. Here’s what would theoretically turn the tide: if suddenly about 10% of the population became single-issue voters, pro-gun control. Can you imagine that ever happening? Because already about 10% of the population are single-issue voters anti-gun control. It doesn’t matter if a gun control measure is broadly popular, say 80% of voters support it. But guess what? None of them care about it as much as the 10% who are adamantly opposed to it, so that’s whom Congress is going to be afraid of. Swing voters have to stop caring about other issues like the economy, CRT, the validity of the last election, abortion, etc. and hyper focus on fixing the gun problem or nothing will ever get done.