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After the deadliest shooting in a US elementary school for a decade there is a profound sense of grief, shock, and anger in the city of Uvalde in southern Texas.

There have been 248 mass shootings this year, and this incident is the 27th school shooting in the United States.

The United States has more guns than citizens according to an annual poll by Gallup. 42% of people say they have a gun in their home, and on average there are more than a hundred gun deaths in America every day.

President Biden spoke about the incident saying "where in God's name is our backbone?" making reference to
standing up to groups that oppose gun control in the country and the politicians they support.

Diana Leygerman is a school teacher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania鈥檚 largest city, and a mother of two children, one who is in elementary school, and the other in middle school.

She shared her thoughts on Newsday saying "I'm always in the back of my mind aware that a situation can arise, that we can have an intruder in the school - and I'm constantly worried that one of these days, that I will get the phone call".

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