The sister of a nine-year-old girl slaughtered at a school in Yuvarde wept on Thursday to pass a gun safety law to a Texas legislator. Begged.
"I'm asking you to do something here," said sister Jacklin, one of 19 children, and two teachers Jazz Minka Zares, shot at Rob Elementary, said May 24th school.
"People who were supposed to keep her safe in her school didn't," said 17-year-old Casares sobbing. “They failed.”
Casares — appeared before a parliamentary committee investigating ways to prevent future mass shootings — the state said a background check and a “danger signal”. People without hinges on firearms, adopting the law .
She is an 18-year-old shooterSalvador Ramos — loneliness who was bullied by his speech disorder and showed signs of poor mental health after a recent suspension. — was able to get a semi-automatic weapon immediately.
"A few days after turning 18, he counted the AR-15. I bought a hundred shots of ammunition, "she said.
Casares also criticized the school district and police — he took no action for almost 80 minutesbecause Ramos killed the children in the classroom — before the attack. Due to lack of preparation.
One of the school's security measures included encouraging teachers to lock the door , but for some educators it wasn't an option, she said. Said.
Lock? "She said.
Casares' emotional testimony The Supreme Court announces a decision to allow a significant expansion of firearms rightsAnd the Americans said they had the right to carry firearms. The public.
Jacklin loved singing and dancing and dreamed of going to Paris when he graduated, Casares said. I told the committee.
It wasn't one of the sweetest souls, "Teen said.
Over the past decade, the Texas Republican-controlled legislature has been subject to gun control despite the state's suffering from a series of mass shootings that have killed more than 85 people in the last five years. I have imposed a kibosch.
Law enforcement delays and mistakes during the shootings in Yuvarde are at the heart of federal, state, and local investigations.
This week's Texas Police Chiefsaid it was " It was a "serious failure", and thelaw enforcement response flew in the face of everything learned since the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999.
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