It’s been a year since the Robb Elementary school shooting left 19 students and two teachers dead in Uvalde, Texas.
In this Austin American-Statesman mini-documentary, we look back at how a false tale of heroism by law enforcement spread and unraveled, we hear the stories of a community wrestling with grief and discovering resilience, and we look at the response by Greg Abbott, who points to increased funding for mental health programs while Texas ranks near the bottom for access to such care.
During the 2023 session, the Texas Legislature approved modest gun restrictions, including Senate Bill 728, which would require the reporting of any involuntary mental health hospitalizations of kids aged 16 and older to the criminal background check system for gun purchases, and HB 2454, which would criminalize knowingly providing a firearm to someone who is not legally allowed to own one, also known as “straw purchases.”
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