bullet from an a.r.-15. as i cleaned his wounds, i can feel pieces of that bullet in his back. if after hearing from me and the other people testifying here today does not move you to act on gun laws, invite you to my home to help me clean zaire s wounds. the question now is will these people s words, this child s words matter? will their lives and their trauma matter enough to get republican lawmakers to act? because democrats are on board. it is republicans right now who hold the ball. joining me from capitol hill is nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez. joining me is jake sherman. es excuse me for my raspy voice, this never-ending cold i
if it s a mental health problem, fund it better. it absolutely is having militarized militarized weapons in the hands of 18-year-olds. how can you buy an a.r.-15 at the age of 18? it s astounding to me. i own guns. i don t own an a.r.-15. we can fix this problem to a certain degree in texas. we can have wait periods, we can certainly raise the age and we can certainly create we have enough money to create our own texas-size atf. call it whatever you want. i don t care. during that waiting period, you can have state agents that go and interview people to determine if they re capable and of the right kind of mindset to be able to have these weapons. we do it for liquor licenses,
safety measures. this is right in the park across the street from the convention center and it s a collision of groups. we re talking about black lives matter houston, moms demand action, every town for gun safety. the democratic party is here having voter registration. you see the massive stage up there. we ve seen congresswoman sheila jackson lee and we know beto o roarke, the gubernatorial candidate will be speaking. they want some action on gun reform. and they want to take this message to the politicians who will be at the nra convention. i want you to listen to what some of the protesters had to tell me a few minutes ago. this mass shooting in uvalde just touched us off. we re so furious about it. things need to change. the nra is the largest contributor to financial campaigns and the only thing easier to buy than an a.r.-15 is