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and i know that we pass it, it will become law. i ll put it on the floor. of course, until now and this predates the trump administration, calls for action have not been met with any tangible results. greg abbott says texas is working on a legislative package, too, to prevent mass shootings after his state suffered two in the span of one month. but the specifics of that package are lacking and it comes just days after a series of new laws easing gun regulations went into effect in texas. and abbott, like the president, and mitch mcconnell, are also reassuring voters they won t do anything that infringes on their second amendment rights. so our big question today is, will republican leaders ever come to the table for meaningful gun reform? joining me, dallas morning news todd gilman, jake sherman and washington post opinion writer and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart. so good to see all of you. i want to start with walmart
corporation like walmart stepping in and taking a stand, that says something about the company, about its values, about what it thinks its customers value and what it thinks its employees value. here s the other thing. i think the reason we keep talking about corporations like walmart, like dick s sporting goods which also took a step after another mass shooting. the reason why they now feel compelled to step in there is because the lack of leadership and a lack of moral courage and moral leadership on this issue. and so business and folks like walmart and dick s sporting goods and others are stepping in to the void. yeah, and i think, todd, the reason your state is so interesting in the middle of all this debate is because texas in some ways represents, in microcosm, the national gun debate. governor abbott says more must be done but he won t call a special legislative session to do it.