Why nothing should change after the Uvalde shooting
Despite the emotion aroused by the death of 19 children in a Texas elementary school, do not expect the introduction of stricter controls on firearms. The reasons for political inaction.
Posted today at 6:13 p.m.—
A family mourns after the death of 19 children and two teachers in a school by an 18-year-old killer in Uvalde, a small town in Texas with a large Hispanic community.
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Americans know the scheme all too well. A school (or a supermarket, or a cinema…). A shooting. Elected officials who call for changes in laws without anything happening. Then, a new tragedy occurs and the infernal cycle resumes. The murder of at least 19 children and two teachers in an elementary school in Uvalde (Texas), Tuesday, May 24, is likely not to escape the rule.
