Twenty-one innocent lives.
Today marks one year since the heartbreaking massacre — the deadliest school shooting in Texas history — that resulted in the deaths of two teachers and 19 fourth graders at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.
In the months after the shooting, many victims’ families have become advocates for increased gun control regulations. But with only a few days left in the session, there’s a likelihood that Texas will not pass any significant gun reform policies.
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Note: Since Uvalde, there have been 673 mass shootings in the U.S., defined as at least four victims injured by gunfire, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Of those, 54 were mass killings, defined as at least four victims killed by gunfire, a USA TODAY/AP/Northeastern database found.
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