One year ago today, 19 students and two teachers walked through the doors of Robb Elementary School for the last time.
They were teachers, artists and athletes, aspiring police officers and honor roll students.
Hours later, they were dead, gunned down by a teenage shooter armed with weapons designed for the battlefield.
At the morgue, their bodies were so ravaged they had to be identified through DNA testing.
I have three children — they're nine, seven, and one.
When I drop my older kids at school, I think of the families in Uvalde who never had a chance to say goodbye to theirs.
Over the last year, those same Uvalde families have held back tears in our committee rooms as they begged Congress and the Texas state legislature to end our gun violence epidemic.
We know how to stop mass shootings.
We know assault weapons bans, background checks, and a higher age for gun purchases will save lives. The teachers and children who died can't change the law, but we can honor their memories if we have the courage to act. #EndGunViolence
@Joaquincastrotx
This isn't enough (but would be a good start). A better social / justice system would make it less likely that people even think about killing other people.
