“A Single Sentence Written In 1789”

A restaurant: 24 dead in 1991.

An Army base: 13 dead in 2009 and 4 dead in 2014.

A church: 26 dead in 2018.

A high school: 10 dead in 2018.

A Walmart: 23 dead in 2019.

Now, children at a Texas elementary school. https://t.co/LP6mDjvjUt

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 25, 2022

The students at Robb Elementary in Texas were scheduled to celebrate their last day of the school year on Thursday.

On Tuesday, at least 21 people — most of them children — were killed there in Texas' deadliest school shooting in history. https://t.co/quNx7GT5ET

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 25, 2022

As the sun fell Tuesday, parents huddled close to their children on the lawn of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center.

Some arrived as early as 3 p.m. and waited well past 10 p.m. to learn whether their child had died. https://t.co/9aUi89llSq

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 25, 2022

The front pages of a few Texas newspapers today:@ExpressNews: HORROR IN UVALDE@HoustonChron: WORST NIGHTMARE@dallasnews: AGAIN

At least 21 people — most of them children — were killed at Robb Elementary in Texas' deadliest school shooting in history on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/0z11eFsfsZ

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 25, 2022

Grief. Horror. Inaction.

Texas mass shootings follow a numbing script. From @MWatkinsTrib: https://t.co/MfeT39DHgO pic.twitter.com/r0jvvzn1yN

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 25, 2022

Confronted with mass shootings, Texas Republicans have repeatedly loosened gun laws.https://t.co/WqkXGwu9rt

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 25, 2022