Commentary roundup: What newspapers around the state are saying

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : In that same ruling, Justice Antonin Scalia also noted that "like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited" and that "the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."
48% : The Second Amendment protects gun ownership in America.
43% : Universal background checks for gun sales or red flag laws might not have stopped this shooting, but they would reduce other instances of gun violence.
37% : Federal dollars are slowly returning to gun violence research after more than two decades on the sidelines due to fears that scientific study would lead to gun control.
25% : In a news conference last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claimed he was "livid" after learning that he had been given less than accurate information regarding the actual circumstances surrounding the approach taken by law enforcement in the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

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