Grim But True: Even After Massacres, Texas Faces Rising Risk of More Mass Shootings

It’s a heartbreaking and bitter reality: even after enduring the unimaginable the slaughter of children, teenagers, and teachers Texas is now more likely, not less, to see more mass shootings.

Despite years of tragedy from Uvalde to Santa Fe, from El Paso to Allen state leaders have repeatedly loosened gun laws instead of tightening them. In 2021, Texas passed permitless carry legislation, making it legal for most adults to carry handguns without training or background checks. At the same time, efforts to implement even modest safety measures like red flag laws or raising the minimum age to buy semi-automatic rifles have been blocked or buried.

The result? More guns. Less oversight. Greater danger.

Gun violence experts say it’s a pattern unique to the U.S., and especially pronounced in Texas: the worse the shootings get, the more lawmakers dig in against reform. And that political stubbornness comes at a deadly cost.

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“Texas is a powder keg,” said one public safety advocate. “And instead of defusing it, we’re pouring more gasoline.”

Teachers go to work afraid. Students learn how to hide before they learn how to read. Parents kiss their children goodbye and hope they come home. The trauma is ongoing and so is the risk.

Until policies reflect the pain communities are living through, the cycle of bloodshed in Texas isn’t just likely to continue it’s practically guaranteed.

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