Uvalde victim's sister pleads for gun safety measures

Jazmin Cazares, center, whose young sister Jacklyn was was one of 19 children killed at Robb Elementary School, speaks before a hearing at the state capitol, Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Cazares pleaded for Texas lawmakers to pass gun safety legislation and questioned why so many security measures failed.

Cazares told a committee of lawmakers looking at how to prevent mass shootings that they could honor the victims by adopting gun background checks and “red flag laws” that allow for the removal of firearms from people at extreme risk of harming themselves or others. The state doesn’t require a permit to carry a long rifle like the one used in Uvalde. Last year, lawmakers made it legal for anyone 21 and older to carry a handgun in public without a license, background check or training.

Jacklyn's big sister told lawmakers that since the massacre she has reviewed the security measures the school was supposed to have in place, including how teachers are told to keep their doors closed and locked at all times.

Those guns did not walk in and start shooting all by themselves. No guns kill people. When will you get it straight? People kill people, and if they can qualify to buy in shop, they buy on street, and People Kill People. Don't blame in-animate object. Blame Scum who pull trigger.

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