'Why only in America?' US Senator Ted Cruz walks away from Stone_SkyNews after being asked if 'this is the moment to reform gun laws' TedCruz America Texasshooting gunlaws
Ellie was in fourth grade. A nine-year-old with her life ahead. The second eldest of five girls. A cheerleader and promising basketball player. Her teachers had inspired her to become one too. They died with her in the classroom.Image:Among the mourners, Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, and his ally in the senate, Ted Cruz; Republican politicians who block all Democratic Party attempts to change gun laws.
But why, I asked him, does this only happen in America? Between 2009 and 2018 there were 288 school shootings in the US, the next highest number was in Mexico where there were eight.
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