Uvalde School Shooting: What to Actually Do About the Gun Violence?
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Los and Bertram break down the horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas — what happened, and what we can (and should) do about this from a policy perspective.
If you are interested in more data on guns and a (relatively) unbiased way to deal with them, take a look at our MMW guns episode:
Episode 31: America's Gun Problem: The Causes and Possible Solutions
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Sources from this week's episode:
- Talking to kids about school shootings: Advice to ease their anxiety | NPR
- Op-Ed: Why our response to school shootings is all wrong | Los Angeles Times
- 3 lessons Washington can learn from how Arizona helps people in mental health crisis | Seattle Times
- Depression, suicidal thoughts prevalent in high school students during pandemic | Reuters
- A recent report put Texas last among states and DC in mental health care access | PolitiFact
- Gun Violence Archive
- 213 mass shootings in 2022 already, including the Buffalo and Uvalde attacks | NPR
- Timeline of events in Texas school shooting | Reuters
- Guns have become the top injury-related cause of death for U.S. kids | Axios
- The Uvalde, Texas, school district had an extensive safety plan. 19 children were killed anyway. | NBCnews
- 'Children don't carry IDs': Texas official faced horror of identifying bodies of those he knew | Reuters
- What we know about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas | NPR
- AP FACT CHECK: NRA Speakers Distort Gun and Crime Statistics | US News and World Report
- Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school | APnews
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