Gov. Greg Abbott and other state lawmakers have weakened Texas’ gun control laws in recent years, even after other deadly shootings — and now they're being blasted by gun control advocates after 19 kids and 2 adults were killed in a school shooting
On Tuesday, Abbott tweeted that Texas was grieving for the victims of the senseless crime and for the Uvalde community.His office did not immediately return a voicemail but last year, when Abbott signed seven pieces of law to protect gun ownership, he said in a statement, “Politicians from the federal level to the local level have threatened to take guns from law-abiding citizens — but we will not let that happen in Texas.
“Unfortunately, the commission proposed largely symbolic or unrelated half-measures that ignored the central threats fueling gun violence across Texas,” Giffords’ state policy director, Ari Freilich, said in a statement on Tuesday. “We released statements criticizing the commission's recommendations as political half-measures and called on Governor Abbott and Texas lawmakers to come together to enact real solutions to protect Texans from gun violence.
“I just want to find her well and alive,” said Jesse Rodriguez, the father of a Robb Elementary School student. “She’s a baby. She’s 10. She’s innocent.” Rodriguez told Telemundo San Antonio that he had not been able to find his daughter, Annabelle, at any of the nearby hospitals since the shooting happened.
“We are heartbroken for everyone impacted by this senseless act of violence in a predominantly Latinx community,” said Rena Estala, a volunteer with the Texas chapter of Students Demand Action. “School is the last place where kids should have to worry about gun violence. We need leaders at every level to prioritize gun safety now.”
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