If you’re able, here are ways you can help support the Uvalde community and press for gun-control legislation
Photo: ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing at least 19 children and two adults and wounding several others. The shooting, which targeted a community that is largely working class and Latinx, is the deadliest school shooting since a gunman killed 27 people, many of them children, in the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012.
Donate to fundraisers for the victims and their families. Make sure you’re donating to a verified fundraiser — GoFundMe has compiled a list of them here. VictimsFirst, a network of surviving victims of mass-casualty crime, has organized this fundraiser for victims and their families and says 100 percent of donations will go directly to the victim base via cash payments. Los Verdes Supporter Group has also created a fundraiser for victims’ families.
Contact your senators. Wherever you are, call your senators and press them to pass HR8, legislation that would tighten background checks on gun sales, and to oppose permitless carry in states that allow it. Here’s a sample script from podcaster Jamie Golden. You can also donate to nonprofits that advocate for gun control like Everytown for Gun Safety and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
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