‘It’s not a gun issue. It’s a heart issue’: Texas shooting survivors say they can’t be compared to the Parkland students

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  • Survivors of the deadly massacre at Santa Fe High School in Texas last week are grappling with how to respond to the shooting in the shadow of a similar one in Parkland, Florida.
  • Though many of the Parkland students have become outspoken gun-control advocates, Santa Fe students say they’re different.
  • A new mantra has emerged: “It’s not a gun issue. It’s a heart issue,” and heart issues are harder to fix than guns.

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — She had seen the memorials on television, the familiar white crosses erected after each massacre, and now there were 10 of them lined up on her high school’s lawn.

Kyleigh Elgin was part of a new set of young victims, like many before her, who left flowers and letters and searched for ways that their tragedy might be different, that it might end the grim routine of school shootings.

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