HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE STORIES.
MORGAN CHESKY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
JOINING ME NOW IS TEXAS STATE
SENATOR, ROLAND GUTIERREZ.
SENATOR GUTIERREZ, I’D LIKE TO
GET YOUR REACTIONS TO THIS
HORRIFIC SHOOTING.
AND WHY YOU MIGHT THINK THAT
OFFICIALS HAVE YET TO MAKE
PUBLIC ANYTHING ABOUT THE
SUSPECT.
VICTIMS I UNDERSTAND, VICTIMS
NEED TO BE NOTIFIED.
ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT
THAT?
>>, ALEX WE’VE TRIED TO REACH
OUT AND FIND OUT AGES.
FROM SOME IDENTIFIER’S, AS TO
WHO THE EIGHT THE VICTIMS ARE.
WE RECEIVED NO SUCH INFORMATION,
WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT A
PRESS CONFERENCE SHOULD BE
UNDERTAKEN VERY SOON, AND
HOPEFULLY WE’LL BE ABLE TO GET
MORE INFORMATION.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT HOW I’M
FEELING, THIS IS HORRENDOUS,
IT’S DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN.
I WANT TO COMPARE THAT
GENTLEMEN IN THE COWBOY HAT
THAT WAS THERE, THAT WITNESS
THAT LITTLE GIRL WITHOUT A
FACE.
THOSE ARE IMAGES WE’VE SEEN IN
UVALDE, THAT I’VE SEEN ON BODY
CAMS.
BUT COMPARE WHAT HE SAID TO
WHAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAID ON
FOX NEWS EARLIER.
SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS, THIS IS A MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEM.
THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS
UNIQUE TO THE UNITED STATES.
MORE UNIQUE TO TEXAS AND THIS
GOVERNOR HAS DONE NOTHING AT
ALL TO SOLVE THE COMMON
DENOMINATOR.
WHICH IS ACCESS TO GUNS IN THE
HANDS OF MENIAL PEOPLE.
CLEARLY NOBODY GETS UP IN THE
MORNING, AND A CRIMINAL SAYS
I’M GOING TO DO THIS.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE TO UNDERTAKE
THESE TYPES OF MASS SHOOTINGS
HAVE NO CRIMINAL HISTORY.
GREG ABBOTT IS COMPLETELY WRONG,
HE’S COMPLETELY MISGUIDED.
AND HE IS COMPLETELY FAILED THE
PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
>> STRONG WORDS RIGHT THERE.
YOU ARE NOT WRONG, AND YOU
WROTE A PARTICULAR POINTED
TWEET LAST NIGHT SAYING THIS.
THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE AND
HEALTHY PEOPLE WHO WATCH ALL
THIS HAPPEN AND CHOOSE TO DO
NOTHING.
HASHTAG BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS.
SO LOOK, THIS SHOOTING COMES
BARELY A WEEK AFTER FIVE PEOPLE
WERE CAUGHT --
YOU’VE CALLED OUT THE GOVERNOR.
WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE COLD OUT
HERE?
>> LISTEN, THE GOVERNOR, DAN
PATRICK, TED CRUZ.
LAST WEEK, THEY BLAMED IT ON AN
IMMIGRANT WITH AN AR-15.
HOW DID THE IMMIGRANT THE AR-15
GET THE AR-15?
HE GOT IT BECAUSE OF THE LOOSE
GUN LAWS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE
PUT INTO PLACE.
THERE IS NOT A DEMOCRAT OR A
REPUBLICAN OUT THERE THAT
THINKS IT IS COMMON SENSE TO
ALLOW PEOPLE TO WALK DOWN
CONGRESS AVENUE IN AUSTIN,
TEXAS, OR ANY OTHER STREET WITH
AN AR-15 AND NOT EVEN HAVE A
POLICEMAN ASKING A QUESTION AS
TO WHAT HE’S DOING.
BECAUSE THAT IS THE STATE OF
THE LAW IN TEXAS.
YOU CAN WALK AROUND WITH YOUR
AR FULLY LOADED, AND NOBODY CAN
EVEN ASK YOU A QUESTION.
THAT IS THE CHAOS THAT GREG
ABBOTT, DAN PATRICK, AND OTHERS
HAVE CREATED IN THE STATE.
THAT IS THEIR CHAOS, AND THEY
NEED TO OWN THIS.
>> THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SHOOTING AT ROBB ELEMENTARY IN
UVALDE COUNTY, IN YOUR DISTRICT,
ONE OF THE DEADLIEST SHOOTINGS
EVER AT A TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL.
AS YOU KNOW, IT’S COMING UP AT
THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND YOU’VE REPEATEDLY
INTRODUCED LEGISLATION.
FOUR SETS OF BILLS ADDRESSING
GUN SAFETY.
TALK ABOUT THE KINDS OF LAWS
THAT NEED TO BE PASSED TO HELP
PREVENT THESE SHOOTINGS FROM
HAPPENING.
AND MIKE, ONE OF THEM MIGHT
HAVE PREVENTED WHAT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY.
>> YESTERDAY, CLEARLY WE FILED
EXTREME PROTECTIVE ORDER LAWS.
YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT THIS
PERSON WAS MENTALLY ILL.
IF HE HAD MADE THREATS TO
OTHERS, IF OTHERS HAD KNOWN OF
HIS POSITION OF FIREARMS.
AS IS THE PLACE IN FLORIDA, BY
THE WAY, WHERE THEY’VE EXECUTED
9000 OF THESE.
IT’S WORKED WELL.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GREATLY IN
FAVOR OF IT.
WE DON’T KNOW HOW OLD THIS
PERSON IS, TO SEE IF THE AGE
LIMIT WOULD’VE CHANGED
ANYTHING.
UNIVERSAL FACT GROUND CHECKS,
WE DON’T KNOW HOW HE OBTAINED
THE GUN.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE DON’T
KNOW BY THIS TIME.
AND SADLY, AT THE PACE THAT
TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT GOES, MAY
NOT EVER KNOW.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET
THIS INFORMATION, SO WE CAN
AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING
AGAIN.
WE HAVE THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS.
WE CAN DO AGE LIMIT INCREASES
TO 21.
WE CAN DO EXTREME RISK
PROTECTIVE ORDERS, AND WE CAN
DO CLOSE THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE,
WHERE EVERYBODY GETS A GUN.
WE DON’T EVEN HAVE TO SHOW A
LICENSE IN TEXAS.
THAT’S HOW PATHETIC OUR GUN
LAWS ARE AT GUN SHOWS.
>> QUICKLY, SIR, WE WILL GET A
RESPONSE TO --
A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
REPRESENTING ALLEN.
HE RESPONDS TO PEOPLE WHO FEEL
PRAYERS AREN’T ENOUGH.
THEY SAID, QUOTE, THOSE ARE
PEOPLE WHO DON’T BELIEVE IN AN
ALMIGHTY GOD.
HE IS ABSOLUTELY IN CONTROL OF
OUR LIVES.
>> I’VE SAID THIS EARLIER.
LOOK, THEY GOT I BELIEVE AND
GIVES US FREE WILL.
HE ALLOWS US TO MAKE OUR OWN
DECISIONS.
AND HE ALLOWS LAWMAKERS TO MAKE
LAWS THAT MAKE SENSE, TO
PROTECT PEOPLE.
THE BIBLE SAYS TO PROTECT THOSE
THAT ARE IN POWER, THOSE THAT
ARE AN ELECTED OFFICE.
MICAH’S THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE WISDOM, AND SOMEONE.
THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF
WISDOM IN THE TEXAS HOUSE, AND
CLEARLY THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT
OF WISDOM IN CONGRESSMAN
THEMSELVES, THEIR
IDENTIFICATION OR UNDERSTANDING
OF THE BIBLE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, WE
ARE BROKEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE CHAOS THAT IS HAPPENING IS
HAPPENING BECAUSE REPUBLICANS
LIKE HIM AND OTHERS IN CONGRESS,
AND IN OUR TEXAS CAPITAL HAVE A
LOT OF THIS CHAOS CONTINUING.
MORE GUNS DOES NOT EQUAL LESS