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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Is Texas Moving on Guns?

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Last week the lieutenant governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, came out in support of modest background checks for gun sales. In the past, even the mere suggestion of tighter gun laws was a career ender for Texas Republicans. Are the political winds shifting on guns in Texas? Guest: Ross Ramsey, executive editor of the Texas Tribune Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So how many mass shootings have you covered? Oh, God, I don't know. A lot. I've been doing

0:41.4

this for 40 years. Ross Ramsey is the executive editor of the Texas Tribune. I called him up

0:47.4

because I wanted to talk about guns in Texas, especially after the last month.

0:53.0

The Odessa Police Department confirms that at least one suspect, possibly two, we're

0:57.6

driving around the region. They are randomly shooting at individuals.

1:00.8

They have confirmed at least 20 people have been killed at that mass shooting in Al Paso,

1:05.9

Texas. Texas Grimes for people of Al Paso today.

1:13.0

You get a little bit cynical watching these and seeing a series of incidents, the series

1:18.6

of mass shootings. And the conversation after each of them is maybe this is the one that

1:23.6

will change the conversation. And to date, none of them has been the one that changed the

1:28.9

conversation, certainly in Texas.

1:33.2

Ross follows this conversation like he's predicting the weather, watching politicians like he's

1:39.4

tracking a storm. So you watch what they say right after the event, but then you develop

1:44.5

a reflex for awaiting and seeing what they say two weeks after the event. You know, after

1:48.4

this initial shock goes by and after this is not in the daily headlines, then what are

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