Internet Explorer 11 is not supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.

Maybe if they ... see the bodies of dead police officers who've been shot, laying in their own pool of blood, maybe all these people that are supposed to be the 'party of law and order' will start ... enacting pragmatic reforms that are achievable.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, who has been outspoken about the need for gun control since a school shooting in his state this month left 10 people dead.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, who has been outspoken about the need for gun control since a school shooting in his state this month left 10 people dead.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.