here in uvalde. they are heroes. they did heroic things yesterday, and they are always very humble, but they are truly humbled heroes. yesterday we lost two teachers. these two teachers i would say are the corner stone of that campus to some great degree. they were two beautiful souls. they had taught on that campus for many years. they have kids in our district, and they poured their heart and soul into what they did in educating our kids in uvalde. 19 students, 19 precious students who came to school yesterday to enjoy the day, to enjoy the awards assembly, and as i look at their pictures, you can just tell by their angelic smile that they were loved, that they loved coming to school, and they were just precious individuals. this is a difficult time for everybody. we are hurting. we have been cut deep here in our community. we will move forward. it s going to take some time moving forward. our faith has been shaken. we ask you to continue to pray for these families, these k
creating liabilities for people who provide access to firearms to kids. these are things that can be done. it s just requiring some politicians to put the politics aside and put the children and their needs and lives first. well, nicole hockley, i know that this is a difficult time for you as you wrote in your op-ed, retraumaized, but i thank you for spending a few minutes with us to help us understand what s ahead for these families and what you believe should be ahead for our country. nicole, thank you. thank you. it s the top of the hour, on cnn newsroom, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota in uvalde, texas, here at the scene of yet another hideous school shooting. victor, here we are again. i m in front of robb elementary school, the scene of the carnage where 19 kids, 4th graders, 3rd graders, 2nd graders were killed in their classroom. we just heard the texas lieutenant governor say in the last hour that there will be plenty of time to analyze what hap
this year? actually, senator cornyn s bill is named after a program of the national shooting sports foundation and that actually has been signed into law. we are proud of the fact that the bill was named after our program where the industry has gotten the law changed in 16 states so the records of the disqualified individuals, primarily mental health records that are not in the system are put in the system so individuals who shouldn t purchase firearm averages are not able to do firearms aren t able to do that. the quintessential point is the tragedy in texas where the individual passed the background checks repeatedly because the air force failed to put the records in the system. had they done their job he would not have purchased the firearms. we are proud of that. we have increased the records by 200% in a couple of years.
wasn t thinking. larry: so you re not you can t legally have a gun? no. larry: you couldn t then? no, i lost my second amendment right. larry: and you don t get them back, right? not to my knowledge. not unless some things change in washington. larry: do you own a weapon now? absolutely not. larry: are you afraid now for your life? no, you know, in having time to sit and reflect if you actually take the time and use it to your advantage, you see, well, even though all of these rounds of ammunition were fired at you that night, you didn t have a firearm, you re still here. all the things that you ve managed to make it through, you didn t have a firearms in every situation under every circumstance. most of the times you had firearms, you didn t even need to use them. so obviously, the firearms aren t what s keeping you alive. larry: correct. so i had the time to take that into consideration.
no, i did not. larry: why not? wasn t thinking. wasn t thinking. larry: so you re not you can t legally have a gun? no. larry: you couldn t then? no, i lost my second amendment right. larry: and you don t get them back, right? not to my knowledge. not unless some things change in washington. larry: do you own a weapon now? absolutely not. larry: are you afraid now for your life? no, you know, in having time to sit and reflect if you actually take the time and use it to your advantage, you see, well, even though all of these rounds of ammunition were fired at you that night, you didn t have a firearm, you re still here. all the things that you ve managed to make it through, you didn t have firearms in every situation under every circumstance. most of the times you had firearms you didn t even need to use them. so obviously, the firearms aren t what s keeping you alive. larry: correct. so i had the time to take that into consideration.