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A handful of demonstrators gathered outside the NRA convention in Houston Friday morning, hours before hundreds more plan to join them for a mass protest against gun violence, writes Cayla Harris of the Chronicle's Austin bureau.
Attendees filed past them as they got an early start at the event, where former President Donald Trump is expected to speak later this afternoon. They mostly filed into an exhibition hall, where gun sellers, hunting organizations and firearm manufacturers have set up booths. Dozens of others bought raffle tickets for the “Wall of Guns,” which offers “over 60 makes and models of firearms” as prizes.Harlandale ISD is ending the school year early after the tragic events in Uvalde earlier this week.
Some events, such as pre-planned field trips, will be postponed, while others will be canceled. Each school campus will release an updated calendar of events for the last day of school.
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