Judge Lina Hidalgo calls on Gov. Greg Abbott to address youth gun violence

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'If Gov. Abbott can call three special sessions to make it harder for people to vote, surely he can call a special session to keep our kids from being massacred in their schools,' Lina Hidalgo said.

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"You'd think after decades of enduring tragedies like Uvalde, like Sutherland Springs, Santa Fe, El Paso, that the state would have course corrected. But instead, we all know they moved in the opposite direction, passing permitless carry," Hidalgo said."This is a chance to correct that. This is the time.

Gov. Abbott has yet to weigh directly on Hidalgo's calls for a special session for youth gun violence. While he has called on and backed various measures to address campus safety after the Uvalde school shooting, he has been criticized over loosening gun laws in the wake of similar massacres in recent history.

Abbott called on a"red flag" law in the wake of the 2018 Santa Fe school shooting, but wound up backing off of pursuing a measure under pressure from gun rights activists and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Instead,that Texas ended up passing laws more focused on boosting mental health resources and giving teachers more access to guns on public school campuses.

Abbott again floated expanding background checks to include stranger-to-stranger gun sales following the 2019 El Paso shooting, but legislation steered toward open constitution carry without revisiting expanded checks.

 

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13 playing into the popaganda again.

We all know he won’t.

Since she took office in 2019, nearly 200 murders have occurred at the hands of criminals out on little to no bond from previous gun crimes. Her words mean NOTHING.

Nope shes acting like a democrat not saying just saying as an opinion so the only thing they need is to address mentally I'll and check your kids activity or report a od behavior in your kids and youth putting more gun reform will only cause more violence and we do not want that

Little girl, don’t be so disrespectful. You have no right to throw stones. You’re such a narcissist that you’re overlooking that tax payers provide armed body guards for you but you’re against tax payers rights to arm and protect themselves? You’re a public servant, not royalty.

Absolutely 👍

Tell LinaHidalgoTX to clean up her own corrupt office and the increase in crime in Harris County she’s causing with her failed democratic policies.

Maybe she should start keeping people safe by closing off the revolving door at her corrupt courthouse. What a hypocrite.

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