After mass shootings like Uvalde, national gun control fails – but states often loosen gun laws
- Written by Christopher Poliquin, Assistant Professor of Strategy, University of California, Los Angeles
A girl cries outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty ImagesCalls for new gun legislation that previously failed to pass Congress are being raised again after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in the small town of Uvalde, Texas.
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