Uvalde families dig in for new test of gun industry protections
May 21, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After Mayah Zamora was shot and wounded at Robb Elementary School, her family did what many mass shooting survivors do: They sued.
They sued the store off Main Street in Uvalde, Texas, that sold the teenage gunman his AR-style rifle. They sued the gun maker. And they sued police who waited 77 minutes outside Mayah's fourth-grade classroom before stopping the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.
"Mainly what we are looking for is some sort of justice," said Christina Zamora, Mayah's mother.
As the grim frequency of gun violence continues, both the U.S. go...
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