canceled. it is the houston chapter of the black lives matter and in conjunction with other groups. we have people who protested and a try to show their disapproval with the policies that were being disposed at the convention across the street. i want you to listen to what we heard from the politicians, republican politicians, specifically president trump and a ted cruz who framed it around the sensitivity. this includes the shooting that we had earlier this week and their pro gun policies. listen to how they frame this. . i want to come out to protest the convention. i find it terrible that the government allowed it to happen today, here, in the state. i want to show outrage and support people who are out here and let them know that we are empowered by numbers. i think it is shameful. everything that is happening, everyone who is walking up, they still feel shameful. they are completely ignorant to
when it was established its aim was to promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis. according to its website, it currently has nearly five million members across the us. the nra says it s widely recognised as america s foremost defender of second amendment rights of the us constitution which is the right of people to keep and bear arms. it s the largest gun owners organisation in the us. and for a while now, one of its main aims has been to lobby against gun control laws, where it spends officially three million us dollars each year to influence gun policies. the latest figures from 2020 reports the nra s budget to be about 250 million dollars far more than all the country s gun control advocacy groups put together.. now, greg abbott, the governor of texas was do to actually go to
we have the loss of religion in so many aspects of our country where it was a foundation of our country at one time. you can t discount the rise of social media and the role that that has played in things like this. and then the mental health aspect of this obviously has to be a focus instead of the guns, because sane people do not do things like go into an elementary school and assassinate children. sane individuals do not go to a grocery store in buffalo intent to kill people. sane individuals do not go to a new york city subway trying to murder as many people as possible, so obviously mental health has to be addressed here. they always jump to gun control, but when you look around the country, sean, states like california with some of the most stringent gun policies, they have the most murders per year with guns compared to any other state. it doesn t make sense, we ve got
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gone up, that the percentage of homicides related to guns has gone up, that is at the same time as texas has further eroded any kind of regulations that had any kind of protections when it came to common sense gun policies. just last year, the legislature passed permanent-less carry, over the objections of law enforcement. it means that basically, anybody can carry pretty much any gun in texas. and that kind of thing has only continued as folks have tried to pander to the extreme. so, i think that he is absolutely right. and we need to fight for common sense policies, to return to texas and to the nation. harris county judge lina hidalgo. thank you for joining us on this very painful night for texas. thank you. we just had an update there have been conflicting