Police made the 'wrong decision' in waiting nearly an hour for additional officers before breaching the classroom where a shooter killed 19 children and two teachers, a Texas law enforcement official said.
A first attempt by Democrats to respond to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the United States Senate.
But the vote on Thursday failed along party lines, raising fresh doubts about the possibility of compromise on gun safety measures.She said it's "shameful" that the National Rifle Association and others have stood in the way of advancing such measures.Rejection of the bill, just two days afterthat killed 19 children and two teachers, brought into sharp relief the persistent failure of Congress to pass legislation to curb the nation's epidemic of gun violence.
They narrowed to three topics — background checks for guns purchased online or at gun shows, red-flag laws designed to keep guns away from those who could harm themselves or others, and programs to bolster security at schools and other buildings.
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