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A 2001 Graduate Looks Back At Santa Fe And The Gun Debate

KERA News

Posted on June 4, 2018 · Dallas resident Aasim Saeed says he thrived in a community where he was different from his fellow students – at least on the surface.

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Disability Rights Groups In Texas Want A Louder Voice In The Gun Debate

Ashley Lopez, KUT

Posted on April 30, 2018 · Bob Kafka is an organizer with ADAPT of Texas, he said when gun violence happens, particularly mass shootings, the public tends to have a pretty limited discussion about what happens to the victims

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Just What Is The NRA And How Did It Become So Powerful?

Ron Elving, NPR

Posted on March 27, 2018 · Today, the National Rifle Association has around 5 million members; It lobbies, it raises money and it spends money on campaigns; And they have report cards on legislators and their positions on guns issues.

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UPDATE: Thousands Of Students Rally Nationwide In Solidarity To End Gun Violence, Houston Students Protest Despite Closed Schools

Associated Press / Laura Isensee / Adrienne St. Clair, NPR / HPM Digital Team

Posted on March 14, 2018 · The National Rifle Association has sent out a defiant tweet that included a picture of an assault-style rifle and a comment saying: "I'll control my own guns, thank you."

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Delta CEO Insists ‘We Are Not Taking Sides’ In US Gun Debate

BEN NADLER, AP / R.J. RICO, AP

Posted on March 2, 2018 · Delta isn't the only company to take action since the Feb. 14 slayings of 17 students and educators in Parkland, Florida, by a gunman armed with an AR-15 assault-style rifle

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Democrats Seek Expanded Gun Background Checks After Shooting

Associated Press

Posted on February 15, 2018 · Attempts to pass stricter gun laws have gone nowhere in recent years

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WATCH: House Passes Major Gun Bill As Senators Debate Bump-Stock Regulation

PBS NewsHour

Posted on December 6, 2017 · The gun debate took center stage on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as the House passed its first major piece of gun legislation since two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history

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Fort Bend County Residents Weigh In On Texas Open Carry Law

Syeda Hasan, KERA News

Posted on December 16, 2015 · Many business owners wanted to know how they could prohibit guns on their property.

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Uvalde shooting surveillance video released by Texas media outlets

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, The Texas Newsroom / Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on July 12, 2022 · The Austin American-Statesman and their television partner, KVUE, published video that includes scenes from outside Robb Elementary School and the moment when the 18-year-old gunman enters the school.

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Houston Baptist basketball star Darius Lee killed in NYC shooting

Associated Press

Posted on June 20, 2022 · Lee was recently named the university's Male Student-Athlete of the Year and was set to graduate in December.

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