Beto thinks shooting will shake up Texas governor's race

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Still mourning another mass shooting in Texas, gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke gave his campaign a jolt by imploring that it was finally time for real action to curb the proliferation of high-powered guns.

that it was finally time for real action to curb the proliferation of high-powered guns in his home state and across America.

"I think it felt cathartic for a lot of people that maybe might have been on the fence," said Abel Prado, executive director of the Democratic advocacy group Cambio Texas."It gives you, 'At least somebody's trying to stand up and do something, or at least say something.'" A Democrat also hasn't won Texas' governorship since 1990, and, just last year, the state loosened firearm restrictions enough to allow virtually any resident age 21 and older to carry guns without a license. Abbott signed that law alongside NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre and the group's president, Carolyn Meadows.

Still Patterson said the clash could backfire, alienating otherwise potentially sympathetic swing voters who might think O'Rourke was putting on a self-serving show.

 

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So he does not want to address the mental health issue just the inanimate object.

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