Biden says pain ‘palpable’ in Uvalde | First Thing

First memorial services for victims begin as president says he will continue to push for gun control. Plus 20 years of Avril Lavigne

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The first memorial services for the 19 children and two teachers killed in a mass shooting at their elementary school in Uvalde began on Monday, a day after Joe Biden visited the small south Texas city and was urged by residents to take action on gun safety laws.

What's happening in Canada? The mass shooting in Texas has fed concern about gun violence worldwide and Canada's government is to legislate for a national freeze on handgun ownership that would prevent people buying and selling them anywhere in the country.

Why has Andy Murray spoken up about gun law in the US? Britain's two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has said the mass shooting in Uvalde made him angry" and that a survivor's account of the incident was similar to his own experience in the 1996 Dunblane massacre in Scotland.

What else do we know about what happened? Here's a timeline of how the school shooting unfolded.

What has Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said? On the day of a mass shooting and weeks after news of Roe, Democratic party leadership rallied for a pro-NRA, anti-choice incumbent under investigation in a close primary. Robocalls, fundraisers, all of it," she said. Accountability isn't partisan. This was an utter failure of leadership."