Teazer4:
Abbott says 'Chicago and L.A. and New York disprove that thesis'


Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that crime rates in places like Chicago and New York City "disprove" the thesis that tougher gun laws would have prevented the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

During a lengthy press conference about Tuesday's shooting, Abbott was pressed on whether he would support "real" gun control measures in an effort to prevent another tragedy.

"I know that people like to try to oversimplify this," Abbott responded. "Let's talk about some real facts, and that is, there are ‘real’ gun laws in Chicago. There are ‘real’ gun laws in New York. There are ‘real’ gun laws in California.

I hate to say this, but there are more people who are shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas," he continued. "And we need to realize that people who think that, ‘Well, maybe we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it.’ Chicago and L.A. and New York disprove that thesis. And so if you're looking for a real solution, Chicago teaches that what you're talking about, it's not a real solution. Our job is to come up with real solutions that we can implement


According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the suspect in Tuesday’s shooting, Salvador Ramos, 18, legally purchased two AR platform rifles at a local federal firearms licensee, one on May 17 and another on May 20. The suspect also purchased 375 rounds of 5.56 ammunition on May 18, the ATF said.


Abbott said 18-year-olds have been able to buy semi-automatic rifles in the state for decades and that mass shootings like this are a new phenomenon.

"The ability of an 18-year-old to buy a long gun has been in place in the state of Texas for more than 60 years," he said. "And think about during the time over the course of that 60 years, we have not had episodes like this. And why is it that for the majority of those 60 years, we did not have school shootings? And why is it that we do now?

"The reality is, I don't know the answer to that question," he continued. "However, what I do know in talking to the leaders here, as well as leaders and other locations around the state, and that is one thing that has substantially changed is the status of mental health in our communities. What I do know is this, and that is we as a state, we as a society need to do a better job with mental health. Anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge, period. We as a government need to find a way to target that mental health challenge and do something about it..


Source: https://www foxnews com/politics/uvalde-shooting-texas-abbott-says-chicago-nyc-crime-gun-laws-not-solution

seunny4lif:
Until they will kill his own family then he will want to ban guns

Drenimarcus:
iffa hear, if Sandy Hook shooting didnt change anything, this wont change anything.

gambojimeta:

I don't think this would change anything.

There is a NRA convention tomorrow in Houston, and the governor is attending. They have not even buired the poor kids that their body got ripped apart with bullets.

Just imagine. These politicians don't care.

gambojimeta:

I don't think this would change anything.

There is a NRA convention tomorrow in Houston, and the governor is attending. They have not even buired the poor kids that their body got ripped apart with bullets.

Just imagine. These politicians don't care.

seunny4lif:
Until they will kill his own family then he will want to ban guns

hayzed19:
The NRA is America's longest-standing civil rights organization and a powerful lobbying group in US politics.
So taking the guns away won't be easy for them.

gambojimeta:

I don't think this would change anything.

There is a NRA convention tomorrow in Houston, and the governor is attending. They have not even buired the poor kids that their body got ripped apart with bullets.

Just imagine. These politicians don't care.