Uvalde, Texas Shooting

SW Prayer@SwPrayer (May 25, 2022) : Let’s offer one Hail Mary for the repose to the souls of all who died in the elementary school shooting in Texas, and for the grieving families to be strengthened in Christ. Please comment Amen as a response. #OneHailMarycampaign

Vatican News@VaticanNews (May 25,2022): “My heart is broken over the mass shooting at the elementary school in Texas. I am praying for the children and adults who were killed, and for their families. It is time to say enough to the indiscriminate trafficking of arms.” – Pope Francis

The archbishop said members of the catholic church, which is anti-abortion, should be as concerned about the lives lost to gun violence.

“To be consistent, that’s the challenge for believers.” San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said. “If we do not respect every life as a principle, we are not pro-life.”

He said that the work he is most interested involves ensuring that every life is respected.

“Every life is precious,” He said. When asked if that attitude could translate into support for some kind of gun control or policy change, the Archbishop responded: “We hope. We hope.”

“Guns have been the instruments, the tools for the many deaths and shootings in the United States,” he said.

He even invoked the second commandment, comparing the way people in the US treat guns to the worship of idols.

“Guns are considered idols in our country and particularly here in Texas,” García-Siller said. “And until we surrender, and we stop idolatry, and we see people first before us, we’ll be able to be consistent with our message, faithful to the Gospel values and faithful to God.” San Antonio Archdiocese holds prayer breakfast in Aftermath of Uvalde mass shooting | kens5.com

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio is offering financial, legal, and counseling services to people affected by the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The services, which became available May 25, are all being offered for free, according to the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Anyone who is in need of these services should go to or contact
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde. San Antonio Catholic Charities accepting donations to aid those affected by Texas shooting – Catholic World Report

What we know about the Uvalde, Texas, shooting victims | CBC News

Amigo de Frodo@bpdflores (May 25,2022): Don’t tell me that guns aren’t the problem, people are. I’m sick of hearing it. The darkness first takes our children who then kill our children, using the guns that are easier to obtain than aspirin. We sacralize death’s instruments and then are surprised that death uses them.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone@ArchCordileone (May 25, 2022): Bishop Flores is right. There have to be sensible gun regulations to help stem the pandemic of gun violence, such as stronger background checks, restrictions on AR-15s, and raising the age of purchasers to 21.

A ban on assault weapons;
Universal background checks;
A federal gun trafficking bill;
Regulations on sales of handguns;
Improved mental health interventions;
Safety measures; and
An honest assessment of violent images and experiences in our society.

President Biden@POTUS (May 25,2022) United States government official:

The idea that an 18-year-old can walk into a store and buy assault weapons is just wrong. What in God’s name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill someone?

Fr. Pius Pietrzyk OP@PiusOP: A gun is not a moral agent, blame belongs to the evil heart of the man holding it. At the same time, a man with an evil heart can amplify the evil he does unconscionably more with a gun than he could with his own hands. We must reckon with both.

D.W. Lafferty@rightscholar: There is a grain of truth here. Rigorous gun control is so obviously needed in many parts of the US, but it’s not a total solution. In Canada, nihilistic people who want to kill find a way. They drive vans into crowds, use illegal firearms, or pose as “responsible” gun owners.

Andy Thomas@InTheDesertAT (May 24, 2022): After a massacre in the 90s in Australia, a conservative government introduced strict gun laws and now there are no massacres. To hope that somehow sin will disappear, and these crazed shooters with it, is ignoring what’s feasible right now. Prudence dictates gun laws.

Christian Christensen@ChrChristensen (May 24, 2022): 26 years ago, a gunman entered Dunblane Primary School in Scotland, killing 16 kids and a teacher. The UK govt responded by enacting tight gun control legislation. In the 9400+ days since, there have been a total of 0 school shootings in the UK. #Uvalde

Omar Rivero@OmarRiverosays: (May 24, 2022): CONFIRMED: The Texas school shooter used an AR-15 assault rifle. Sorry Republicans, but I’m pretty sure that when they wrote the 2nd amendment, the Founding Fathers were NOT referring to assault rifles that can shoot DOZENS of elementary school CHILDREN at once.

Sam Rocha @SamRochadotcom: There are many countries where the population density of atheists is far higher than the USA that do not suffer from the routine gun violence and domestic terrorism that is so singularly common in the USA. The “turning from God” talk is empty and ridiculous.

debbie millman@debbiemillman (May 25, 2022): What’s the point of gun drills in elementary school if the shooter grows up knowing where to find the children hiding and the cops are too afraid to follow the shooters into the schools they’re attacking?

Aisha K. Staggers@AishaStaggers: Look, the NRA banned guns from their event this weekend. So, they know these things are dangerous. They know that the gun porn crowd is one confrontation away from mass murder and they want to be safe, but the rest of us, we’re on our own.

Jax Persists@LadyJayPersists (May 25, 2022): By federal law, I’m limited to purchasing no more than 9 grams of Sudafed per 30 day period because it can be used to make a drug that kills people, but I can buy as many guns as I want per 30 day period even though they can be used to kill people.

Craig Nason@nasoncraig (May 24, 2022): Columbine survivor here. My oldest son just finished his first year of college. This is America. There is no end in sight for the steady cadence of mass gun violence we seem unwilling to ever address. A reality my peers could not have imagined on our worst day in April 1999.

The Pillar@PillarCatholic: After the Uvalde shooting,@bpdflores talked with The Pillar about guns, the responsibility of good governance, and the importance of human conversation:
Bishop Flores: ‘Sacralized’ guns and ‘hope’ after darkness (pillarcatholic.com)

Read Wobblies and Zapatistas@JoshuaPotash: Oh my god the cops handcuffed a parent. For urging them to do something. Once she got out of the cuffs she ran into the school and got her kids HERSELF. The police aren’t just useless, their harmful. While ordinary people show themselves to be heroes again and again.

Gunman kills 19 children in Texas school rampage – Orange County Register

mollie davis@davism0llie: The media will pack up out of Uvalde, Texas. The majority of the country will move on, but Uvalde won’t have that privilege. There’s a lot of things the world doesn’t see in the aftermath of a school shooting after those first few weeks. A thread by someone who has lived it. They won’t see the survivors that wind up in inpatient mental healthcare or die by suicide years down the line, bc moving on wasn’t as cut and dry as it was made out to be. They won’t see people checking in on each other around every anniversary in an attempt to prevent this.

This isn’t an argument for the media to stick around and document every waking second of these poor people’s lives. I don’t really know what this is. A plea maybe, to not forget? I don’t know. Being a gun violence survivor in this country is so very very hard. That I do know. Aftermath of a school shooting A thread by someone who has lived it.” / Twitter

beast?!how dare you?@rich_white_lady: Joe Garcia dying of a broken heart after his wife was killed protecting her students, and subsequently orphaning their 4 young children, is just about the saddest thing I’ve ever heard in my life. I’m really so shaken. I hope this children have community and support around them.
Grieving husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting has died, family says (nbcnews.com)

Erin Douglas@erinmdouglas23: Today in the Starbucks drive-thru in Uvalde, the barista asked if I was taking time to take care of myself. I told her I would keep trying and returned the question. She said she actually works in San Antonio, but is working here so that Uvalde baristas have time off to grieve.

Owl! at the Library@SketchesbyBoze: I want to live in a world where the rights of kids are valued over those of weapons, where teachers don’t have to fight each other for school supplies, where reading is a bigger hobby than gun-owning, where we no longer stumble numbly from trauma to trauma.

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