Create account

Coverage dated May 24, 2022

Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton propose guns in schools after Texas shooting horror

Headline from Newsweek

The Republicans suggested that arming teachers or placing more officers on campus would be more effective than stricter gun laws.

Newsweek's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Earlier updates in this story

Read the reports

Reports & sources

9 articles, oldest first.

  1. Newsweek

    Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton propose guns in schools after Texas shooting horror (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    The Republicans suggested that arming teachers or placing more officers on campus would be more effective than stricter gun laws.

  2. Washington Examiner

    Congressional Democrats call for gun control after Texas school shooting (opens Washington Examiner)

    Published

    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Democratic lawmakers are calling for stricter gun laws in the wake of a school shooting that left 14 students and a teacher dead in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, arguing that the massacre warrants dramatic policy reforms.

  3. CBS News

    Senate Democrats search for path forward on gun control after Texas school shooting (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Democratic leaders implored Republican senators to drop their opposition to gun legislation while signaling that the Senate won't immediately hold votes.

  4. The Guardian

    Texas Republican leaders’ response to the mass shooting: more guns in schools (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Last year Governor Greg Abbott signed into law several measures making it easier to own and carry guns in the state

  5. Insider

    Sen. Ted Cruz rejects calls for gun control and suggests more armed cops should be stationed at schools after devastating Texas school shooting (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    "Inevitably when there's a murder of this kind, you see politicians try to politicize it," Cruz said after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

  6. Waco Tribune-Herald

    After Uvalde school shooting, Texas Republicans dismiss gun control (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

    Published

    Waco Tribune-Herald's feed description

    In the hours after a gunman killed more than 20 people at a South Texas elementary school Tuesday, the state’s top Republicans sought to immediately squelch the possibility of gun

  7. RedState

    It's Time for Republicans to Be Proactive on School Shootings (opens RedState)

    Published

    RedState's feed description

    Waiting for Democrats to demagogue the issue with emotional pleas for ineffective gun control is not a strategy.

  8. Louisiana Illuminator

    Top Texas Republicans push for more armed teachers, police after Uvalde shooting (opens Louisiana Illuminator)

    Published

    Louisiana Illuminator's feed description

    In the hours after a gunman killed more than 20 people at a South Texas elementary school Tuesday, the state’s top Republicans sought to immediately squelch the possibility of gun control measures in the wake of yet another mass shooting.

  9. Washington Times

    Democrats criticize gun lobby following deadly Texas school shooting (opens Washington Times)

    Published

    Washington Times's feed description

    Former President Barack Obama led a chorus of Democrats Tuesday lashing out at the “gun lobby” and their political allies in Washington after an 18-year-old gunman slaughtered 18 children and 2 adults at a Texas grade school.

Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton propose guns in schools after Texas shooting horror | Since Then