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Hannah Gliemann shields her candle from the wind during an Interfaith Vigil for El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting victims hosted by the Jonesboro local group of the Arkansas Chapter of Moms Demand Action, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, at the Craighead County Courthouse in Jonesboro, Ark. The vigil featured speakers from several religious and non-religious groups, a 100-seconds of silence and the lighting of candles to honor the victims of gun violence across the United States. (Quentin Winstine/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

The Latest: Families mourn mass shooting victims

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In this Aug. 4, 2019 photo Annette Gibson Strong places candles at a makeshift memorial for the slain and wounded at the scene of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio. Annette Gibson Strong started placing candles at a makeshift memorial the day of the shooting on Sunday. Strong says she’s continued to care for the memorial near Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton. It was outside the bar that Dayton police shot and killed the shooter as he approached the bar’s entrance. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Chaos of Dayton shooting echoes in 911 calls, radio traffic

By KANTELE FRANKO and JOHN SEEWER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2019 file photo, mourners pause at a makeshift memorial for the slain and injured outside Ned Peppers bar in the Oregon District after a mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning in Dayton. Annette Gibson Strong started placing candles at a makeshift memorial the day of the shooting on Sunday. Strong says she’s continued to care for the memorial near Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton. It was outside the bar that Dayton police shot and killed the shooter as he approached the bar’s entrance.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

The Latest: Woman tends to Ohio mass shooting memorial

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Demonstrators hold a banner to protest the visit of President Donald Trump to the border city after the Aug. 3 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Trump headed to El Paso, after visiting Dayton, Ohio on Wednesday to offer a message of healing and unity, but he will be met by unusual hostility in both places by people who fault his own incendiary words as a contributing cause to the mass shootings. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Majority of Republicans support an assault weapons ban: Poll

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Mourners console each other after a mass in the chapel on the campus of Saint Francis University to celebrate the life of Nicholas Cumer on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Loretto, Pa. Cumer was a graduate student in the master of cancer care program at the University and was among those killed in the Dayton shooting early Sunday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Families struggling to cope after mass shootings

By JAMIE STENGLE and ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump is greeted by Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, after arriving at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to meet with people affected by the mass shooting in Dayton, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Nan Whaley, Dayton mayor, confused about Donald Trump’s ‘vitriol’ after she applauded his visit

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Editorials from around Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks to the press before walking across the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, in the afternoon to praise first responders and console family members and survivors from two recent mass shootings. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump seeks to link Dayton shooter to liberal politics

By DAVID KLEPPER and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Mourners console each other after a mass in the chapel on the campus of Saint Francis University to celebrate the life of Nicholas Cumer on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Loretto, Pa. Cumer was a graduate student in the master of cancer care program at the University and was among those killed in the Dayton shooting early Sunday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Loved ones mourn shooting victims as policy debate rages

By JAMIE STENGLE and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Mourners pause at a makeshift memorial for the slain and injured outside Ned Peppers bar in the Oregon District after a mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Dayton. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

‘Do something!’ Protests dog Trump’s Ohio shooting visit

By JOHN SEEWER and ANGIE WANG - Associated Press

$In this Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019 photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. A spokesman for Mitch McConnell says the Senate majority leader tripped outside his home in Kentucky and suffered a shoulder fracture. McConnell fell on his outdoor patio, but has been treated and released after getting medical attention. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)$

McConnell, GOP Senate unlikely to act swiftly on guns

By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Presidential candidate and El Pasoan Beto O'Rourke prays during the Hope Border Institute prayer vigil Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 in El Paso, Texas, a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

The Latest: Video shows Trump joking about crowd sizes

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In this Sept. 6, 2016, photo, students at William Hackett Middle School pass through metal detectors on the first day of school in Albany, N.Y. Schools around the country have been setting up teams to assess threats posed by students who display signs of violence like the former student who compiled a “hit list” years ago in high school and went on to kill nine people in a weekend shooting in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Putting together the puzzle: School teams assess threats

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MARTHA WAGGONER - Associated Press

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, speaks alongside Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, right, during a vigil at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. A masked gunman in body armor opened fire early Sunday in the popular entertainment district in Dayton, killing several people, including his sister, and wounding dozens before he was quickly slain by police, officials said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Mike DeWine, Ohio governor, urges gun sale background checks after shooting

By John Seewer - Associated Press

Greg Zanis prepares crosses to place at a makeshift memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a shopping complex Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Gun reform urged in Ohio as Texas Democrats shun Trump visit

By JOHN SEEWER and CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

In this Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, photo, Scott Bremner, talk radio host, works in Erie, Pa. Months ago, Bremner had tried to establish if his listeners could agree on a fundamental question: what is racism? The answer, he realized, is no, we don't even agree on that. (AP Photo/Claire Galofaro)

Trump’s America: Where politics dictate ‘racism’ definition

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and BILL BARROW - Associated Press

People attend a candlelight vigil for victims of a mass shooting at a shopping complex over the weekend, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Couples, parents, friends among the dead in shootings

By JAMIE STENGLE and MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

In this Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, photo, Scott Bremner, talk radio host, works in Erie, Pa. Months ago, Bremner had tried to establish if his listeners could agree on a fundamental question: what is racism? The answer, he realized, is no, we don't even agree on that. (AP Photo/Claire Galofaro)

Trump’s America: Where politics dictate definition of racism

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and BILL BARROW - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Dayton Police Department shows Connor Betts. The 24-year-old masked gunman in body armor opened fire early Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing several people, including his sister, and wounding dozens before he was quickly slain by police, officials said. (Dayton Police Department via AP)

Connor Betts’ left-wing views thwart Democrats’ efforts to pin mass shootings on Trump

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House dismisses criticism about Trump rhetoric, mass shootings, points finger at Democrats

By Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times