DARK SECRETS: 22 - The Real Truth

Zavala County Joins Call for Special Session on Assault Rifles

Local governments in and near Uvalde are still urging the governor to consider raising the age to purchase AR-style weapons.

Texas Observer · Aug 11, 2022

Beto O’Rourke drops F-bomb on gun control heckler while discussing Uvalde shooting

DALLAS — Beto O’Rourke is defending the F-bomb he dropped Wednesday night while confronting a heckler who he said was laughing during his remarks about the Uvalde mass shooting that killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers.

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

Beto O'Rourke responds to heckler over Uvalde with expletive

Democrat Beto O’Rourke responded to a heckler at a campaign stop with an expletive after the Texas gubernatorial candidate heard a cackled laugh while criticizing the ease in which the Uvalde elementary school gunman obtained an AR-15-style rifle

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

North Carolina school district plans to put AR-15s in every school

Arming teachers has become an ongoing discussion in the United States in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting.

Axios · Aug 6, 2022

Uvalde residents outraged by NRA's plans

The event was set to be hosted some 40 miles away from the site of the Robb Elementary School shooting

Salon · Aug 5, 2022

Major news outlets sue Texas agency for withholding Uvalde shooting records

Lawsuit says Texas Department of Public Safety ‘declined to provide any meaningful information’ regarding events of that day

The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2022

Commentary: What happens when TikTok is your main source of news and information

On TikTok you’re liable to find restaurant recommendations, lip-syncing snippets and false claims stating that COVID-19 vaccines contain aborted fetal tissue and that crisis actors faked the Uvalde school shooting. TikTok, along with Instagram, is where Gen Z searches for information and entertainment. They often come up with a blurry…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 4, 2022

Uvalde teacher says Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s private meetings with victim families were ‘all for show’

Uvalde residents pressured a nearby city to revoke a rental agreement for an NRA fundraiser raffling off an AR-15, the same type of gun used in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022

Uvalde rekindles school police officer's looming fears

The fear that the next school shooting could happen in their hallways hangs over school resource officers across the United States

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Coalition of news organizations sues Texas Department of Public Safety over withheld records on Uvalde shooting

The lawsuit alleges that the state police have unlawfully withheld records, including body camera footage and emergency communications, during the Robb Elementary shooting.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 1, 2022