Gov. Greg Abbott, who announced the death toll, said the gunman was also dead. It was the deadliest elementary school shooting since the 2012 massacre in Newtown. Governor Greg Abbott and his fellow Republicans continue to fight against any meaningful full gun control that would have no doubt prevented all these losses of lives.

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a Democrat whose effort at legislation on background checks for gun purchases was blocked in 2013, said, “It makes no sense at all why we can’t do common sense things and try to prevent some of this from happening.”

While it’s unclear if this is another racist attack, those that are fanning the fan hatred and violence in America are already blaming mental illness.

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