This is on point, a Magna Chacrabardi. Two schools, a Walmart, a church, twice at an army base,

twice at policemen in the streets, 108 dead, 154 wounded. That's the tally in Texas,

after eight mass shootings since 2009. And that's just the mass shootings. With each new tragedy, Texans ask,

why, and what can be done? There are, of course, many views and many ideas, but one thing that has

consistently been done is that firearms regulations in Texas get loosened. Interesting, because Texas

used to have some of the strictest gun regulations in the country, and they had it with bipartisan support.

A majority of Texans want basic gun safety laws, but they've ended up with the opposite.

So why are politicians who may privately believe in some restrictions on guns,

unable to speak up for that majority of Texans? Well, today we're going to speak with a couple

of Texans, both gun owners, by the way, and see if there is a way at all to get past the state's

gridlocked gun debate. And we're going to start with Joe Moody. He's a Democratic State Representative

serving District 78. He's in El Paso, and Representative Moody is co-chair of the Interim Study Committee

of the Criminal Justice Reform Committee, and he's also former Speaker Pro Tempori of the Texas

House of Representatives. And you may remember that in 2019, 23 people were killed and 25 injured

when a gunman citing racial motives opened fire in a Walmart in El Paso. Representative Moody,

welcome to on point. I know, thank you for having me. Given the tragedy that you experienced

in El Paso a couple of years ago, I wonder what the last few days, the last week has been like

for your representative in the wake of the murders in Uvalde? It's hard to not be instantly transported

back to the feelings that I had. On August 3rd, and even speaking about it right now, I can feel

that kind of creeping into my mind. It has three days after August 3rd, I dropped my oldest

off at kindergarten for his first day of school. Very scared. Didn't know what to expect. Within

a couple of days, there was an active shooter drill on campus because people were obviously very

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