possible way forward on gun safety legislation. the senator leading those talks, chris murphy of connecticut, will join me a little later, but after yet another community has been devastated by yet another mass shoot, we twin the reidout tonight with a hard conversation about the gun because we need to understand how we got here, and we can in the avoid talking about the ar-15 and the industry that gives murderers the tools to success. former prosecutor ryan busy explained how the ar-15 conquered the american market. prior to about 2010 or 2012 there was never a gun sold in the united states commercial market that was desert tan color. now a significant percentage of guns are sold in desert tan color. why? iraq and afghanistan? adding about 1999 in the columbine shooting, the nra set its political course. we re in the culture war business. then you have these you have these wars happening, ar-15s, patriotism, islamophobia all of that in the culture at the same time. busy
about the ongoing effort to overthrow the last one, well, this is news you want to know about. politico reports there are tapes, video recordings of republicans meeting with grass roots activists to do something that cuts against how elections are supposed to work here. they re supposed to be nonpartisan at the machinery side. the plan, however, is to install these partisan and party trained volunteers who can challenge voters at places where democrats tend to vote, what they call democratic majority polling places and connect those workers to lawyers, and have a network of party friendly district attorneys. now, if you take them at their word, those attorneys are supposed to be nonpartisan prosecutors who decide who s arrested or goes to jail. they shouldn t be involved in something that s quarterbacked bipartisan operatives. now, we don t know yet which d.a. s would actually get involved in this. it s important journalistically and otherwise to understand what is leaking ou
that does it for us. the reidout with joy reid starts now. good evening, everyone. more than a week after the school massacre in uvalde, texas, the community and the nation continue to grieve. just tonight we ve learned of another shooting in tulsa, oklahoma at a hospital. authorities say multiple people were shot, and at least three have been killed. the shooter is also dead. we will bring you the latest as soon as we have it. meanwhile in uvalde, memorials and funerals are being held today for seven of the 21 victims, including one of the two fourth grade teachers along with her husband joe who died of a heart attack days later of the investigators say they are still trying to interview uvalde school police chief arredondo, the commander on the zone though he claims he s been in contact with investigators every day, and in washington, meanwhile, lawmakers met to discuss a