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Investigators search for evidences outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers at the school the day before on May 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Uvalde shooter’s remains spent weeks in morgue after being rejected by local funeral homes

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

AR-15-style rifles are on display at Burbank Ammo &amp; Guns in Burbank, Calif., on June 23, 2022. Gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, and for two companies those revenues have tripled over the past three years, a House investigation unveiled Wednesday, July 27, found. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

North Carolina sheriff to supply area schools with AR-15 rifles in wake of Uvalde shooting

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Escorted by the Texas Brown Berets, family and friends of those killed and injured in the school shootings at Robb Elementary take part in a protest march and rally, Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Families and residents are seeking answers and changes after the tragedy. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

In Uvalde, closeness complicates accountability for shooting

By Jake Bleiberg and Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

FILE - Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on May 26, 2022. Weeks after the shooting at the school, questions remain about how and why police armed with rifles and bulletproof shields waited so long after the 18-year-old gunman got into the school. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Uvalde schools looking to fire police chief after shooting

By Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

In this July 12, 2022, photo, Visitors walk past a makeshift memorial honoring those killed at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas. Parents in Uvalde, Texas, are livid about the security lapses that contributed to the school shooting this spring. They're terrified to send their kids back to school. Yet further securing schools -- such as through additional lockdown drills -- is controversial. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, FILE)

Immigration-related lockdowns fed lack of ‘vigilance’ in Uvalde, Texas report says

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

In this July 12, 2022, photo, Visitors walk past a makeshift memorial honoring those killed at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas. Parents in Uvalde, Texas, are livid about the security lapses that contributed to the school shooting this spring. They're terrified to send their kids back to school. Yet further securing schools -- such as through additional lockdown drills -- is controversial. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, FILE)

The Uvalde disaster and our right to self-defense

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Family of shooting victims listen to the Texas House investigative committee release its full report on the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Damning report, new footage show chaos of Uvalde response

By Jake Bleiberg and Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Rachel Martinez carries her son and a protest sign as she attends a city council meeting, on July 12, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. A Texas lawmaker says surveillance video from the school hallway at Robb Elementary School where police waited as a gunman opened fire in a fourth-grade classroom will be shown this weekend to residents of Uvalde. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

‘Systemic failures’ in Uvalde school massacre, report finds

By Jake Bleiberg and Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

In this photo from surveillance video provided by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District via the Austin American-Statesman, authorities respond to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. This week's release of the striking video showing police inaction during the Uvalde school shooting provoked one unexpected response — anger toward the two Texas news outlets, even though their scoop provided what many in the community were seeking. The Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV faced complaints of insensitivity toward families of the 19 children and two adults killed by a gunman at Robb elementary school on May 24. (Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Uvalde video shows raw feelings toward journalists linger

By David Bauder - Associated Press

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, Jr., speaks during a special emergency city council meeting, June 7, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. McLaughlin, on Friday, July 8, 2022, disputed a new report alleging missed chances to end the massacre at Robb Elementary School, and possibly stop it from ever happening, again reflecting the lack of definitive answers about the lagging police response to one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)

Uvalde mayor: Police didn’t get early chance to end massacre

By Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Investigators search for evidence outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The district’s superintendent said Wednesday, June 22, that Chief Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district’s police chief, has been put on leave following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting

By Paul J.Weber and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, second from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File) **FILE**

Uvalde schools’ police chief resigns from City Council

Associated Press

FILE - A cross hangs on a tree at Robb Elementary School on June 3, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, where a memorial has been created to honor the victims killed in the recent school shooting. Two teachers and 19 students were killed. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Uvalde to raze Texas school where mass shooting took place

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bipartisan gun bill clears GOP filibuster threat to tee up passage, major win for Biden

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

First gun control bill in decades passes Senate with GOP support

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw uses maps and graphics to present a timeline of the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, during a hearing, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Two teachers and 19 students were killed. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Top Texas cop: Uvalde police response was ‘abject failure’

By Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Law enforcement, and other first responders, gather outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the Texas public safety chief testified Tuesday, June 21 pronouncing the police response an “abject failure.”(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Texas top cop: Uvalde police could’ve ended rampage early on

By Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

People visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 2, 2022, to pay their respects to the victims killed in a school shooting. A legislative committee investigating the deadly shooting at the Texas elementary school is set to hear more testimony from law enforcement officers on Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known, report shows

Associated Press

Philadelphia Police officers and detectives look over evidence at the scene of a shooting in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Lone gunmen outliers in nation’s mass shootings

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Constitutional rights, Second Amendment and gun laws Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Left weaponizes and politicizes Uvalde tragedy to punish law-abiding gun owners

By Rep. Andrew Clyde