A New York native with Clare roots has described gun crime in the United States as the country’s new pandemic, saying it truly is a public health crisis.
Tensions are high in Texas, as the National Rifle Association prepares to hold its annual conference there just days after the state’s worst ever school massacre, with calls to halt the conference in Houston refused.
An investigation is underway into how a teenager armed with high powered weapons spent an hour inside a classroom at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde without being challenged. He then went on to shoot 19 children and two teachers dead.
There’s been more than 200 mass shootings in the US in the past year and Maureen O’Neill, who’s father hails from Labasheeda, says this type of crime is widespread.
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