you are doing nothing. tonight, as the nra heads to texas, the uniquely american crisis of guns in this country. a former firearms executive on what he calls his battle against the industry that radicalized america. and david hogg on the possibility for progress and what we are still learning a community in mourning. win all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we are all in this country in a state of mourning for the 19 elementary school children and two teachers massacred in uvalde, texas yesterday. and there is a feeling of palpable overwhelming rage and frustration, a feeling that i share. and watching this perverse and particular ritual, which is what it is, play out, in the aftermath of a preventable tragedy like this one, hoping that some tragedy, like this one or the next one or maybe the one after that will be the thing the thing that finally cracks the resistance of the gun lobby in the republican party. but we actually have eviden
and david hogg speaks on the possibility for progress and what we are still learning. a community in mourning when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we are all in this country in a state of mourning for the 19 elementary school children and two teachers massacred in uvalde, texas yesterday. and there is a feeling of palpable overwhelming rage and frustration, a feeling that i share. we re watching this perverse and particular ritual play out, in the aftermath of a preventable tragedy like this one, hoping that some tragedy, like this one or the next one or maybe the one after that will be the thing the thing that finally cracks the resistance of the gun lobby and the republican party. but we actually have evidence that the opposite is true. listen to this. a 2019 study found that, after high-profile mass shootings, like the one in uvalde, not only do legislators and governments failed to pass gun safety legislation, but in republican st
in some ways we can actually be constructive in reaching compromise on this. i have to give credit to the governor of texas, who has proven to be a multitasker. he was able to attend a fund-raiser for his reelection in east texas, a few hours after those 19 children were murdered in his state. so he is postponing political activity going forward, but you have to walk and chew gum. julián castro, thanks so much. thank you, chris. when we come back, what we are learning from a community reeling from disaster. the lies taken from uvalde, texas. and later, how we became the most armed nation in the world. and off the charts. i interview a former gun executive who says that the nra it is an extreme tactics to sell more guns. we have much more to come. don t go away. don t go away. your body from overreacting to allergens all season long.
listen to this. a 2019 study found that, after high-profile mass shootings, like the one in uvalde, not only do legislators and governments failed to pass gun safety legislation, but in republican states they actually loosen the gun laws. quote, the annual number of laws that loosen gun restrictions doubles in the year following a mass shooting in states with republican controlled legislatures. we find no significant effect of mass shootings on laws enacted when there is a democrat-controlled legislature. and nor do we find a significant effect of mass shootings on the enactment of laws that tighten gun restrictions. we have a perfectly good example of this in recent memory, while i have been doing the show too. we just saw it. it was less than two years ago when the horrific el paso shooting happened, where a white nationalist, citing racist conspiracy theories, went to an area where he knew a lot of latino folks would be and he shot and killed 23 people at a texas walmart.
the thing that finally cracks the resistance of the gun lobby in the republican party. but we actually have evidence that the opposite is true. listen to this. 18 of the 19 study found that, after high-profile mass shootings, like the one in uvalde, not only do legislators and governments failed to pass gun safety legislation. but in republican states they actually loosen the gun laws. quote, the annual number of laws that loosen gun restrictions doubles in the year following a mass shooting in states with republican controlled legislatures. we find no significant effect of mass shootings on laws and acted when there is a democrat -controlled legislature. and nor do we find a significant effect of mass shootings on the enactment of laws that tighten gun restrictions. we have a perfectly good example of this in recent memory. while i have been doing the show, right? we just saw it. it was less than two years ago when the horrific el paso shooting happened, where a white nationalist, cit