He warned lawmakers that a massacre like the one in El Paso would happen again as they passed a permitless carry bill. Now, he's investigating the Uvalde shooting. Texas UvaldeMassacre Uvalde MassShootings GunReformNow GunControlNow guncontrol
Before his colleagues in the House voted on the permitless carry bill, a disheartened Moody rose to address them.. “It’s come to many others’ community, and it’s going to come to yours, too, because we fail to be responsible to the members of our communities across the state. I pray that it doesn’t, but it is.”A wooden cross for comfort
In the aftermath of the Robb Elementary shooting, Abbott and other public officials announced that they would — with a little more than $11 million of it devoted to mental health services. Moody calls the focus on mental health a “red herring” and said he worries about stigmatizing people with mental illness.
As Moody looks ahead to the 2023 legislative session that starts in January, Moody says he needs to remain hopeful that more can be done to prevent another mass shooting.
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