The horror of what occurred in Uvalde continues to worsen with every new element, however what is obvious is that the fictions Texans relied on to “harden” their colleges whereas nonetheless permitting weapons to circulate freely had been simply that: fictions. None of it appeared to even hinder the gunman armed with an AR-15 assault rifle as he locked a classroom door behind him and commenced taking pictures kids, and police had been incapable of stopping him till federal, not state, officers confirmed as much as take issues into their very own palms.
Mass resignations are the naked minimal required in a state authorities that proved totally incompetent when confronted with a would-be mass assassin concentrating on an American faculty—a scenario now so commonplace that each faculty in America holds common drills in preparation for it. It’s now one thing that’s anticipated to occur. And Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, whose actions not solely set the stage for this mass homicide, however who has additionally spent his complete governorship bragging about it, could bear essentially the most accountability of all.
