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
the steps of the state capital, including parents whose children had just been slaughtered at school. but that did not stop the nra. they showed up anyway. and we later learned, thanks to these remarkable secret tapes uncovered from that time, that the top and our executive struggled with what to do. but they ultimately decided to move forward and show strength. now texas republicans are setting the stage to do it all over again. we saw during today s press conference, where governor abbott and the states elected leadership and his allies dismissed any calls to action. inevitably, they will push for more deadly weapons in the hands of texans. in fact, they file a brief at the supreme court to strike down new york gun laws, that s how committed they are. they want to tell new yorkers what new yorkers can do with their guns. more guns in schools, morgan s in the hands of teachers. more guns in the room that the governor goes-t. i don t know. we should also note that armed law enforcement
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.
they were crass and unbecoming, i think. but a lot of texans agree with beto on that and i think he also made this a more high-profile issue in the governor s race. that is the question. arethere? i think a huge part of this story is the nra, a huge part is a radicalization of the gun subculture. and a huge part is republicans. but a huge part of it is just that there is a lot of people, just voters, who do not want there to be gun restrictions. a lot of them live in texas. and the degree to which this thing that we have that we see, where we make the sacrifice to moloch is a deal with the devil. it seems a discomforting number of people are okay with it. and as someone who wants to represent them what do you say about what