Uvalde's only pediatrician has taken on a new role as an advocate for gun legislation changes.
Guerrero played audio from a classroom across the hall from the gunman, hoping to break through to lawmakers.
“This is the shrill screaming of kids trying to get out while their classmates are being murdered,” he told them. KSAT 12 News has chosen not to play or share the audio out of respect for the survivors and their families. Guerrero says this is his duty, fighting for change to gun laws to honor his Hippocratic Oath to save children.
“It’s a part of my job, and I think it’s part of your job as a physician to -- no matter who you are and where you are -- to step up and protect your patients,” he said.“Children require lollipops for convincing. As their protectors, we just need to look at the horrific tragedies that repeat in our country time and time again,” Guerrero said. “No convincing required.”The bill was read twice in the Senate and then referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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