to purchase tobacco in texas to 21. and in 2021, the texas legislature lowered the able to purchase guns to 18. this individual who killed 19 of our children a day ago was 18 when he went and purchased those weapons. and that s because the legislature lowered the age in the state of texas. and so if we don t stand up for our kids, it happened in uvalde, but these are our children. if we don t protect them, who will? and the legislature passed house bill 1927, talking about the texas legislature, that now permits permitless carry. no training. no license. no permit required. lowered the age by which people can purchase assault weapons to 18, and now 19 of our babies are gone. and families will be hurting for the rest of their lives. i applaud what beto o rourke did. the time to be nuanced is over, okay? and you can t not allow policymakers, legislatures, governors to pass bills that promote the use of guns and then when people are killed say we are praying and we are offer our
that sitting here last night, i couldn t imagine it, i kept saying this isn t about me, but i kept saying there aren t any words. you know what i was thinking? that there were people who were still there probably hoping that their kid was still alive, right? that their loved one was still alive, maybe hiding in a safe place. that s over. you know, don, you said that and i saw a news clip of people waiting like you just said, and that brought back the night i was waiting at the firehouse. i never gave up hope that jesse was alive, that he survived somehow. i always had that hope, that 1% chance. i did the same. i did the same as you is. they took us to a command center