After Texas, will America's gun laws finally change?

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English - May 26, 2022 04:34 - 10 minutes - 9.23 MB - ★★★★ - 14 ratings
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At least 19 children and two teachers are dead, after the worst school shooting in the United States since the Sandy Hook massacre.

Lone gunman Salvador Ramos, who was just 18, was also killed in the attack on primary-school aged children at Robb Elementary School in Texas.

It was the 27th school shooting in the US this year alone. Gun Violence Archive reports there have been 213 mass shootings in the United States this year, with 2,255 children aged 17 and under killed or injured by gun violence.

President Joe Biden has led the calls for change - but given the ubiquity of gun ownership and violence in America, is anything likely to change?

Today on Please Explain, North America correspondent Farrah Tomazin joins Bianca Hall to discuss the latest gun violence atrocity in the US.

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