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James Talarico: “We've had five of the deadliest mass shootings in American…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 1:30:08

How much gun violence happens within the state of Texas, there will never be a gun ban or gun reform. Well, that claim is pretty gut wrenching, given that We've had five of the deadliest mass shootings in American history right here in Texas. one still haunts me to this day as a former public school teacher, and that's the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, in Robb elementary, when we lost 19 babies and two teachers. (1:30:08–1:30:14)

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Asserts that Texas has experienced five of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.

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