Texas Gov. Abbott gave 2 different speeches about gun control at the same time with 2 different messages. One was in Uvalde, the other was at the NRA convention in Houston.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave two different speeches about gun control on the same day.

One was in Uvalde, speaking to the community impacted by gun violence in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting; the other was a pre-recorded message to the NRA convention in Houston.

Abbott canceled his appearance at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in the wake of the shooting in Uvalde last Tuesday, in which an 18-year-old shooter killed 19 elementary school students, two teachers and wounded 17 others. He held a press conference in Uvalde and sent a pre-recorded message to the audience.

Abbott spoke to Uvalde community members about addressing gun violence and called the status quo unacceptable.

Do we expect laws to be made out of this crime? The answer is yes. There will be committees formed, meetings will be held, and proposals will be derived, many of which will lead to laws.

The impact of gun control legislation was diminished when Abbott's pre-recorded speech to the NRA aired at the same time as it did in Houston.

There are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the ownership and use of firearms, laws that have not stopped madmen from carrying out evil acts on innocent people in peaceful communities, Abbott said in the recorded message.

In Uvalde, the shooter committed a felony before he even killed anyone. But that didn't stop him.

Insider did not get a reply from Gov. Abbott's office.