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NEW: One year after the Uvalde massacre, my latest reporting includes new details on the ongoing investigations, the shooter’s long trail of warning signs, and how this horrific tragedy could have been prevented from ever happening motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 🧵
The police meltdown in Uvalde demands further scrutiny. But what about the guns that got in the hands of a profoundly troubled 18-year-old? How could he so easily—and legally—acquire a highly lethal arsenal? An astonishing amount of firepower motherjones.com/politics/2023/… #Uvalde 2/x 
The crucial 'bystander' problem: the Uvalde shooter had extensive contact online with at least one person who may well have seen indications of his deadly plans. The person “knew him quite well,” a source familiar with the ongoing investigation told me motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 3/x
On the Uvalde massacre and the long history of school shootings in which bystanders failed to speak up: "In some cases, whole groups of high school kids had indications of an approaching school shooting and didn’t act." motherjones.com/crime-justice/… 4/x
"GOP leaders have long been hostile to red flag laws and raising the legal age for gun buyers from 18 to 21. In siding with the gun industry, they defy broad bipartisan support for such measures… couldn’t be more glaring than with the Uvalde massacre" motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 5/x
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