Watching the calder state representative, called our state senator, called the congress person, a man bills like that get passed, those like universal background checks and other common sense gun safety measures, so that we can prevent the next tragedy from occurring. dr. andrews, texas has among the highest guns per capita rate in this country. if the logic of republicans that more guns and fewer gun laws made a safer, in theory, texas would be a safe place, and that is not the reality we see. texas is home to four of the ten deadliest mass shootings in the u.s., and we know is among one of the that the states in this country. texas is very similar to my home state of south carolina and in fact. we have a high rate of gun ownership,
The other part of this is the shoe disappointment that a lot of people feel and those elected officials. representative talarico talked about the congressional representative. the state district representative jack leech, who spoke, who lives a mile from the site in allen, if you go to jack leech dot com, on his website, right there, he has a huge banner that says endorsed by the nra about how proud he is to have been endorsed by the nra when he was running as time for state representative. this is what we re doing with in the state of texas, in congress, for 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. yeah, that is exactly the sentiment that i walked away from after watching that briefing. dr. andrews, let me get you in on this conversation. first, because this is the
For offering their assistance at the scene. this collective effort is what makes our texas communities united. we know that the days ahead will be difficult and somber. we ll remember the victims of today shooting, we want to convey our appreciation for the condolences and know that we are receiving from all local groups. i have received calls from the white house, governor abbott and many other national state and county officials who have reached out to the city of allen to express their support and desire to help the armed community in any way possible. on behalf of our city council, are a lot of forsman personnel, our first responders and all of our city employees, we will remain strong and state united. please keep the victims and the families of the victims in her purse. with that, thank you for being here, and that includes our briefing. i will turn it back over to
More forthcoming but, to me, it seems like that they may be playing a little bit of politics here. as dr. andrews was saying and try to downplay the role of this kind of a soul up, and if it is an assault weapon and not steer the conversation in that direction because they don t want to had a conversation, because the state representative and also the congressional representative are two people who have been completely in line with the nra, and they have been part of the problem in that regard and not part of the solution. i also want to pick up on the question that you asked representative talarico which i also found striking, the soundbite a couple to set, what they were moved to do was move out because they did not feel safe anymore. i can understand a feeling that something suffolk has happened in her neighborhood, but the thing is, it s not about that neighborhood, it s not about that this is an allen mall in
Gunshots going by, they were close enough to hear them hide, take cover, or run away entirely. it just goes to show the incredible amount of fear and uncertainty that was present for the better part of an hour before authorities confirmed that the gunman was, in fact, killed here at the scene, a man? morgan chesky live for us in allen, texas. we ll check back in with you later on in the program. let s bring in julián castro, former secretary of urban development, also dr. any andrews, a pediatrician and the founder and ceo of their future, our vote, an organization that advocates for children s well-being state representative talarico, let me start with you before dr. andrews. i don t know if you had heard that soundbite from the woman there, who went morgan aster, what are you feeling or something to the effect, and