the one thing i really if you can help us wrap your head around this. over the, years you ve noted the gun industry has embraced this military style weapon. selling into the public. how did that happen. how did we get on this track where an ar-15 now people wearing lapel pins of the gun on their clothing in congress. remember, this is the totemic issue for many in the republican party. because nothing conveys power and authoritarian-ism like a loaded gun. nothing. that s where people that s why armed men marched to the mission capital caring ar-15s. they don t have ice cream sunday, they have ar-15s. because that s what conveys the authoritarian power. responsible gun owners are not for that. what happened was 15 1820 years ago, the nra figured out that the singular symbol that thing that lapel pin. that would be the totemic thing for them to own the libs with. here we are.
without any bullets striking any person, how many people do live now with the pervasive fear of what it means to reside in a nation like this. and while there s no shooting or mass shooting that s easily absorbed by any community, each have their own tragedy, incidents involving children are especially harrowing and increasingly common. tonight as we report on this for you there s an active manhunt in texas for someone who killed five people including a 9-year-old boy. the shooter used a military style weapon that most democracies don t allow people to buy. this was after neighbors asked him to stop firing random shots in his yard so that their baby could sleep. texas tribune reports that in a new account. this is quite certainly and quite obviously how we live in
of july parade. a gunman went on the roof of a business downtown and fired off 83 rounds into the crowd in 60 seconds. even the armed good guys, the policemen who were there trying to protect the public had trouble locating that person and certainly sadly could not have the time to respond to what he had done until it was finished. when he was finished, there was an 8-year-old cooper roberts who will be paralyzed for life. there was a young man, 2-year-old, aiden mccarthy became an orphan because both of his parents were killed. seven total lives were lost. 50 people were injured. it s hard for me to imagine that some disciple of originalism believes that our second amendment envisioned what happened in highland park. to think that there is a weapon out there, a military style weapon and the rounds and clips that are available to fire off
blame the violent and hate-filled rhetoric from the right for the massacre. michael anderson recalled bar tending that night, the night before transgender day of remembrance. the shooter entered our safe space with the intention of killing as many as people. they youzed a military style weapon used solely for the intention of killing other human beings and began to hunt us down as if our lives meant nothing. to be politicians and activists who accuse lgbtq people of being abusers, shame on you. as leaders of our country, it is your obligation to represent all of us. not just the ones you agree with. another survivor was preparing to leave with his partner and sister when a bullet pierced his right arm. to my who, my sister was bleeding out. she had been shot over five times. my heart rended as she tried to
mitchell in washington. where congress is tackling the rise of violence and political vitriol against lgbtq americans. this morning, the survivors of the attacks on club q and the pulse nightclub in orlando are appearing before the house oversight committee. 54 americans were killed at both locations, simply for being themselves. the shooter entered our safe space and our home with the intention of killing as many people as possible. they used a military style weapon that exists away for the intention of killing other human beings, and began to hunt us down as if our lives meant nothing. to the politicians and activists who accused lgbtq people of grooming children and being abusers, shame on you. as leaders of our country, it is your obligation to represent all of us, not just the ones you happen to agree with. joining me now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. political white house correspondent and playbook