Roland Gutierrez: “This is the kind of stuff that happens in Venezuela, happens in Russia. And unfortunately, it happens here in Texas.”

I have to believe that we as lawmakers can solve this problem because the alternative is just too evil to contemplate.

This governor has been tone-deaf on everything that`s happened in Uvalde and all of rural Texas, quite frankly.

The vast majority of these same parents are simply asking for the minimal thing, which is an age increase to 21. And yet Greg Abbott has refused to call a special session.

It took Rick Scott 23 days after Parkland to do that in Florida. And yet this governor in Texas doesn`t have the fortitude necessary to do the right thing or to listen to his constituents.