first time that we are speaking with you throughout the evening, give me your thoughts on what has transpired in that briefing that you just heard led by those county and city officials? thank you for having me. i shared this appointment in that briefing. we heard a lot about thoughts and prayers and nothing about policy change. i am here tonight as a pediatrician and a mom, and i carry with me the anger imams all across the country. we are so fed up with living in this hellscape that has been created by the gun lobby, craig azinge country. this tragedy and all the strategies we see today in the country are preventable, and they are the wreck result of the week on laws that we have in states like texas. to secretary castro s point about representative jeff leech, the state representative at that district, whose website boasts him being indoors by the nra, the fact that nobody
talked about the house district, state house district representative says he lives a mile from that site in allen. if you go to jeff which.com, on his website, right there he has a huge banner that says, endorsed by the nra. how proud he is to have been endorsed by the nra. he was running last time for state representative. this is what we are dealing with in the state of texas, in other states, in congress. people who will stand up there and act like they really care, but those are empty words because they don t follow that up with action. yet, that s exactly the sentiment that i walked away from after watching that briefing. dr. enders, let me get you in on this conversation. first, because this is the first time that we are speaking with you throughout the evening, give me your thoughts on what has transpired and that briefing you just heard led by
outlier when it comes to school security. we are an outlier in the number of readily accessible weapons of war in our community. so, we have to remember that this is a choice. accepting the status quo is a choice that policy makers make. we can make a different choice. so all right. doctor and he enters, state representative, former u.s. district judge, but ezekiel, more we re going to squeeze a break and we will have the conversation on the other side. thn e other side ust any eggs when they can enjoy the best? eggland s best. the only eggs with more fresh and delicious taste. plus, superior nutrition. which is now more important than ever. because the way we care. is anything but ordinary. only eggland s best.
we need real reforms. people and constituents aren t asking for us to they re asking for us to raise the age, to fight for universal background checks. to make sure that we are looking at making sure the legislature is looking at red flag laws. and to make sure the people who are an extreme threat, we can protect yourselves from. we also have to look at making sure that we get these guns off the street. most people want to say that guns aren t the issue, but they are the issue that we have to fight. they are the number one killer right now, of our children and family members. representative, you talked about the things that your constituents say they want to see. and some people will say the guns aren t the issue.
we appreciate that on the ground reporting. sit close if there is anything no that percolates in the hour. we ll come back to you. thank you. joining me now is democratic texas state representative, redub hours. she represents garland, texas, which is next door to allen. state representative, first i want to say that our hearts go out to the victims of this deadly shooting and their families. this is just an experience no family should have to have. have you spoken to any of the people who were impacted by this tragedy? thank you, simone. this is state representative reddit andrews bowers. and i represent house district 1:13. and i would have to say, i have spoken to supporters and constituents in my district. it is a neighboring district of one of my colleagues, representative jeff leech. who represents that area. but i will tell, leo it is close enough to where my