Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Ct., speaks on a phone with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Wednesday morning, May 25, 2022 on Capitol Hill. Murphy, on the Senate floor on Tuesday demanded that lawmakers accomplish what they failed to do after 20 children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut died in 2012. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Nate Sink, a firefighter based in the Missoula, Mont., cradles a newborn elk calf that he encountered in a remote, fire-scarred area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Mora, N.M., on Saturday. Nate Sink via AP hide caption
A woman cries and hugs a young girl while on the phone outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A man walks past a damaged building after a strike in Kramatorsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, on Wednesday. Aris Mennis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Actor Johnny Depp arrives at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Virginia on Wednesday. Evelyn Hockstein/AP hide caption
On Wednesday, The Onion's website was plastered with variations of the satirical piece it's republished after more than 20 mass shootings. Screenshot by NPR hide caption
A young girl holds flowers May 24 outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center, where people gathered to mourn in Uvalde, Texas, after a gunman killed 19 young children and two children at an elementary school. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Steven Dettelbach, President Biden's pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing Wednesday, the morning after the killing of at least 19 children by a teenage gunman at a Texas elementary school. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
People mourn outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators carry a scroll listing the names of people killed by police during a march in honor of George Floyd on March 7, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption
A man brings flowers to Robb Elementary School on Wednesday in Uvalde, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a statement by videolink during an event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Donald Trump speaks during the National Rifle Association' Leadership Forum in Atlanta, on April 28, 2017. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors looks on Tuesday as his team plays the Dallas Mavericks in Game Four of the NBA's Western Conference Finals in Dallas. Before the game Kerr refused to take questions about basketball, instead expressing his frustration and anger about the Uvalde, Texas, shooting and elected officials' failure to pass gun control measures. Tom Pennington/Getty Images hide caption
Law enforcement work the scene on Tuesday after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images hide caption
"I am praying for the children and adults who were killed, and for their families," Pope Francis said in his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. The pope said it's time for new limits on the sale of guns. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
Matthew McConaughey attends a movie premiere on Dec. 12, 2021, in Los Angeles. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
Members of the community gather at the City of Uvalde Town Square for a prayer vigil in the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images hide caption
Emergency personnel gather near Robb Elementary School following a shooting Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen children and two adults were shot and killed. Dario Lopez-Mills/AP hide caption
In this April 20, 1999, file photo, women head to a library near Columbine High School where students and faculty members were evacuated after two gunmen went on a shooting rampage in the school in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. Kevin Higley/AP hide caption
Investigators search for evidence outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday, the day after a mass shooting took place there. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Lonny and Sandy Phillips attend a showing of the film "Under The Gun" at Victoria Theatre on April 27, 2016 in San Francisco, California. Steve Jennings/Getty Images hide caption
A cyclist pauses outside the site of the supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. With the Tops store closed for the foreseeable future, the community around it has been left without easy access to healthy and affordable food. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Walter Delgado often thinks of Modesto, a man he met while traveling to the U.S. from El Salvador. Walter Delgado hide caption