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Joseph Moody: “Whether that's working on gun safety or working on law…”

Featuring: Joseph Moody, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 78

Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE

Published July 22, 2022 | Video Starts at 22:36

… promise that I gave to my community of El Paso, that I'll never stop working on this. It means too much to too many to make our community safer. And Whether that's working on gun safety or working on law enforcement issues or working on school security. all of those things, I made a commitment to them. And the same promise I made to the folks here at El Paso that I won't stop working with them. (22:36–22:47)

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Asserts focus on gun safety, law enforcement, and school security as areas of legislative work.

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“There was no legal impediment to [the attacker] acquiring two high powered rifles, 66.0 magazines and 2000 rounds of ammunition.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 17:16-17:24
“There were multiple systemic failures that happened on that day and leading up to that day [of the Robb Elementary School Shooting].”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 00:34-00:41
“Executive session is something that we have available to us as a tool, and we used it so that we could produce the most comprehensive report…”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 02:08-02:21
“When you determine that this is a barricaded subject versus an active shooter, that changes the approach.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 03:08-03:17
“It is, in my opinion, likely that some lives could have been saved if that delay was not in place.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 04:50-05:01
“Both DPS and the Uvalde Police Department have begun an internal investigation into the conduct of their officers on that day.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 06:12-06:23
“The acting chief of the Uvalde Police Department on that day has since been put on, I believe, his administrative leave, pending the…”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 07:45-07:53
“Chief Arredondo has also been placed on leave after this incident.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 07:58-08:06
“We conducted over 30, I think around 35 interviews ourselves of people that were in the hallway as responders, also teachers in the hallway…”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 09:04-09:17
“We had cell phone and data dumps from the attacker.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 09:56-10:01
“I've begun the process of discussing with our local school districts here to review this report, to understand it.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 11:30-11:39
“The teachers on that campus are some of the most heroic people I have ever met.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 12:06-12:15
“The protocols say we want you to go outside of your room to check the door to see if it's locked for sure.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 13:06-13:14
“[The attacker] tried to acquire those weapons prior to turning [18], which was against the law.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 17:41-17:43
“The legal impediment was removed when [the attacker] turned the age of 18.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 18:20-18:24
“Had this law been 21, I have a very strong feeling that this attacker does not end up with those weapons.”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 18:23-18:33
“In this particular shooting? No, no, no, it would not [make a difference].”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 19:09-19:16
“I'll never stop working on [making our community safer].”
Interview: Rep. Joe Moody talks Texas House committee report on the Uvalde mass shooting | KVUE | Uploaded July 22, 2022 | 22:30-22:32