Former US president Barack Obama says America is 'paralysed' by Republicans, as reaction from around the world pours in over the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Nearby in Dallas, Golden State Warriors NBA coach Steve Kerr used a pre-game press conference to urge US senators to act on HR8.
"We can't get numb to this. We can't sit here and just read about it and go 'well, let's have a moment of silence, yeah go Dubs, you know, c'mon Mavs, let's go'," Mr Kerr said before a playoff game between the Warriors and Mavericks. Mr Kerr has been a longtime advocate for gun control, after his father, Malcolm Kerr, was killed by a gunman in Beirut in 1984.
"Like when is enough enough man!!! These are kids and we keep putting them in harms way at school … where it's supposed to be the safest!" he wrote.American actor George Takei took to Twitter to criticise Mr Cruz and Mr Abbott, who are both scheduled to speak at an National Rifle Association conference in nearby Houston on Friday, along with former US president Donald Trump.
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