.GregAbbott_TX calls on legislature to form committee to investigate Uvalde shooting details
One week after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas people hold the first funeral for one of the victims. An 18-year-old shot and killed 19 children and 2 teachers and, some Texans are calling for a harder look at the statehas called on the Texas legislature to form a committee to investigate the causes and response to last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 21 people dead.
"As Texans mourn the tragedy that occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde last week, we as a State must reassess the twin issues of school safety and mass violence," the Texas Republican wrote to fellow Republicans Attorney General Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan on Wednesday. "As leaders, we must come together at this time to provide solutions to protect all Texans.
Abbott asked the legislature to"review what steps previous legislatures have enacted" and"what resources the State has made available to local school districts" in addition to providing recommendations on how policies can be improved in the areas of"school safety, mental health, social media, police training, and firearm safety.
Following the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Republicans in the legislature convened and published the Parkland Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission which provided recommendations to local school districts on ways to harden school targets and focus on mental health concerns to try and prevent more shootings in the future.
Officers in Uvalde are being criticized amid reports they waited outside the school for more than 70 minutes as suspected 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos continued his rampage,
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