challenges that are now surfacing that this killer had in his life. that lead to someone doing what he did. and then there will be all other kinds of issues, but there will be committees formed. there will be meetings held. there will be proposals that will be derived, many of which will lead to laws which will be passed in the state of texas, because let me make one thing perfectly clear. the status quo is unacceptable. this crime is unacceptable. we re not going to be here talking about it and do nothing about it. we will be looking for the best laws that we can get passed to make our communities and schools safer. go ahead. [ inaudible question ] . let s be clear about a couple things. that show that these background checks, if everyone wants to seize upon a particular strategy, and just assume, well, that s the golden strategy right there, look at what happened in the santa fe shooting. a background check had no relevancy whatsoever, because the killer took the gun from
want better regulation of driving while drunk. i don t understand why members of the nra, who for the most part, are responsible gun owners, they re careful gun owners. i know some of them. i don t understand why the nra does not simply embrace the position that we cherish the right to buy a gun if you re capable of buying a gun, and we deplore loose gun environments in which someone like this murderer, this monster is able to on his 18th birthday walk into a store and buy an assault weapon, a weapon of mass destruction. i don t understand why the nra doesn t embrace that position. to make themselves more credible in crisis circumstances like this. and what is your message to the politicians who obstructed action on gun violence in this country? the governor of texas, greg abbott, was just asked about raising the age for buying an ar-15 style assault rifle. he essentially said he was against it, didn t sound open to