Deaths from firearms keep climbing in Texas, decades after lawmakers began weakening gun regulations

The Uvalde gun store where a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School last year legally purchased his weapons. The rate of gun-related deaths have been rising steadily in Texas in recent years.

The rate of firearm-related deaths in Texas has reached a level not seen since the 1990s. Texas lawmakers have approved more than 100 bills that loosened gun restrictions since 2000.

The Texas Tribune