One year ago today, the community of Uvalde was rocked by the deadliest shooting at a Texas public school in the history of our state.
19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School were gunned down by a shooter armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, the same weapon of war used in countless mass shootings every year in our country.
It was a devastating day for our state and our nation. Our schools are supposed to be safe havens for children to learn and grow—not a place parents fear sending their children each day.
One year later, the Uvalde community remains in grief—but also feels a deep sense of anger and frustration that their elected leaders have failed to act in their name.
Camille Phillips - Texas Public Radio
Uvalde parents and community members have marched in the streets of San Antonio, Austin, and Washington, D.C. demanding that their lawmakers in the Texas Legislature and Congress pass gun violence legislation – such as a ban on the assault-style weapons used in Uvalde, or at minimum, other strong safety legislation.
Instead, all they’ve gotten from right wing officials were debates about “door safety” and bills to add even more guns to our public schools. Just like every other mass shooting, Republican lawmakers continued to parrot the words of the NRA and gun manufacturers—and refused to put the most basic gun safety legislation up for a vote. It’s shameful.
But we aren’t giving up. I’ll continue to fight everyday alongside my colleagues to pass legislation to tackle the gun violence epidemic. Things like an assault weapons ban, universal background checks, red flag laws, and closing gun loopholes – these are common sense, broadly popular solutions to reduce gun violence that we could pass today if Republicans didn’t stand in the way.
Today, on the one-year anniversary of this horrific tragedy, I’ll be thinking about the families and friends of the 21 victims lost in Uvalde below. And I’ll continue to raise their voices as we fight for reforms in their memory:
Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo
Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares
Makenna Lee Elrod
Jose Manuel Flores Jr.
Eliahna Amyah Garcia
Uziyah Sergio Garcia
Amerie Jo Garza
Xavier James Lopez
Jayce Carmelo Luevanos
Tess Marie Mata
Maranda Gail Mathis
Alithia Haven Ramirez
Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez
Maite Yuleana Rodriguez
Alexandria Aniyah Rubio
Layla Marie Salazar
Jailah Nicole Silguero
Eliahna Cruz Torres
Rojelio Fernandez Torres
Irma Linda Garcia
Eva Mirele
Thank you,
-Greg
Greg Casar
Congressman
Texas Congressional District 35
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