Protest by Teens for Gun Reform
Last Sunday, the Texas House of Representatives released an Investigative Committee Interim Report indicating that 376 law enforcement officers arrived at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX to confront an active shooter on May 24, 2022, but none of them acted to rescue the students and teachers. As a result, 19 children and two teachers were killed. The report in particular faults a lack of leadership and command, especially by school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, who claimed to be in charge on the scene but did not act or order his officers to try to take down the gunman. Arredondo has since resigned.
The failure of so many officers in Uvalde to confront the shooter and try to save the children and teachers belies the Republicans’ frequently used “good guy with a gun” talking point, or the Republican idea that teachers should be armed in the classroom, as demonstrated by this sampling of tweets on the subject:
https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/1549039660596228096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
I know no better arguments for banning AR-15 type semiautomatic rifles
Than 400 cops being afraid to take on an 18 year old with one— William Buecker (@wcbuecker) July 17, 2022
ALMOST 400?!
If 400 “good guys with guns” are too scared to confront ONE bad guy with a gun? And let 19 people die?? Our children and their teachers?
What does that tell you?? IT’S THE GUNS. Ban assault weapons now https://t.co/TOx5bydoY9
— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) July 17, 2022
