LIVE: Texas Senate Democrats talk gun safety measures

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Democratic members of the Texas Senate will talk about their concepts about gun security and measures to forestall future mass shootings Monday afternoon.

The lawmakers from the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus stated they are going to maintain a information convention on the Texas State Capitol. Their remarks come after a shooter killed 19 kids and two lecturers at an elementary college in Uvalde final month.

Democrats beforehand known as on Gov. Greg Abbott to deliver lawmakers again for a particular legislative session within the aftermath of the lethal college taking pictures. Nonetheless, Abbott requested the formation of particular legislative committees as a substitute to develop suggestions on “college security, psychological well being, social media, police coaching, firearm security, and extra.”

Texas Home Speaker Dade Phelan created an investigative committee to look into the circumstances surrounding the taking pictures. District leaders allowed a number of the committee members Friday to go inside Robb Elementary College. A few of them remained in Uvalde Monday to interview a number of legislation enforcement officers in regards to the response as a part of their probe.

Forward of the Democrats’ information convention, KXAN reached out Monday to the Republican Get together of Texas for remark. A celebration spokesperson directed us to an interview Chairman Matt Rinaldi gave to WFAA in Dallas this weekend, the place he stated he opposed measures like purple flag legal guidelines.

“We don’t help any new restrictions of gun legal guidelines, as a result of we don’t assume it would make Texans safer,” Rinaldi stated throughout the interview. “Individuals need to be secure. Individuals don’t need tragedies like Uvalde to occur. We want to verify any laws we cross truly accomplishes that job.”

KXAN could have a reside stream obtainable of the Texas Senate Democrats’ information convention on this story and on Fb beginning at 2 p.m.