The Robb Elementary School shooting killed 19 children and two teachers, and is the deadliest school shooting in Texas.
over authorities in Uvalde continuing to withhold public records related to the shooting and the police response.
FILE - A truck passes crosses placed to honor the victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 3, 2023. A criminal investigation in Texas over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting remains ongoing a year after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde. POLICE SCRUTINY put nearly 400 officers on the scene from an array of federal, state and local agencies.
a month after the shooting. It included tougher background checks for the youngest gun buyers and added more funding for mental health programs and aid to schools. It did not go as far as restrictions sought by some Uvalde families who have called on lawmakers to raise the purchase age for AR-style rifles. In the GOP-controlled Texas Capitol, Republicans this year rejected virtually all proposals to tighten gun laws over the protests of the families and Democrats.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has also waved off calls for tougher gun laws, just as he did after mass shootings at a
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