Other Stuff

Simply brutal: Survivor recounts moment Salvador Ramos stormed Texas school (nypost.com)

The latest news raises a LOT more questions than answers, not least of which is why was the killer in the school for such a long time before law enforcement entered?

Texas school shooting: Haunting questions emerge about how a gunman got into an elementary school and stayed up to an hour, killing 19 children and 2 teachers - CNN

https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-44a7cfb990feaa6ffe482483df6e4683

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Some links about gun violence and what, if anything, can be done

https://reason.com/2022/05/25/after-the-uvalde-school-shooting-politicians-and-pundits-search-for-panaceas

We must confront the cultural mess that gave us Uvalde (washingtonexaminer.com)

Gun deaths now exceed motor vehicle deaths among people 0-19 years old.

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-vitals-ef7f68de-5ce9-49a5-b216-41a96170fe1a.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

BUT... racial breakdown of firearms deaths shows a huge disparity between blacks and every other group. For example, motor vehicle deaths still outnumber gun deaths for white kids, but not for black kids.

Microsoft Word - appendix.docx (nejm.org)

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The FDA is exactly why we should not increase the size and scope of government. They will ALWAYS do a worse and worse job as we give them more and more responsibility.