standard. the abbott standard is to rule out raising the youngest age for purchasing an ar-15. rule out consideration of background checks because it would not have stopped the slaughter at uvalde. the abbott standard doesn t apply to his own solution which is a mental health check, because governor abbott told us, the world and the parents in uvalde that this shooter had no mental health history. i also want to point out that while we are hearing from the governor, the constituency of texas is very divide on this topic. they are now being forced yet again to reconcile their belief about gun ownership and the second amendment with what happened in uvalde. i think in the days to come, we may see effort to reach a compromise. but i can tell you that on the