![]() "I am just here asking your community to take into consideration it's only been two months for us." Nikki Cross, whose relative Uziyah Garcia was among those killed at Robb Elementary, was "not here protesting the NRA or anything like that," she said. "What you guys decide to do next with this NRA meeting either proves me right or proves me wrong about how I feel about Hondo." ![]() ![]() What's an even harder slap in the face is the AR-15 you get if you donate US$5,000 to the NRA," she said. "It is a slap in the face to all of Uvalde, especially the ones that lost a loved one, some of us being here today. Investigators found one of the 18-year-old Uvalde shooter's AR-15-style rifles in the school after law enforcement killed him. school shooting in nearly a decade - has reignited debate over US gun laws and public safety.īefore Monday's vote, Jazmin Cazares, whose sister died in the Uvalde massacre, addressed council members, naming each Uvalde victim - 19 fourth-graders and two teachers - and describing how at least some survivors would perceive the NRA charity event publicized as including a gun raffle with a chance at an AR-15, the group's Facebook page states. ![]() The move came as the carnage in nearby Uvalde - the most deadly U.S. A fundraiser for a charity affiliated with the powerful National Rifle Association won't be held as planned Saturday at a municipal facility in Texas after relatives of children slaughtered in May at an elementary school some 40 miles away lobbied city council members to deny the event its venue.Īs some attendees held photos of Robb Elementary School shooting victims, the Hondo City Council voted 4-to-1 Monday to revoke a rental agreement that would have allowed members of the Medina Area Friends of NRA to hold a fundraiser at a site owned by the city of about 8,000 residents. ![]()
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