Texas Governor Greg Abbott Signs Eight Executive Orders Following Shootings

By Tom Knighton

Texas has long had a solid reputation as a pro-gun state. After all, if you talked to most people and asked them which state they most think of when it came to guns, most would undoubtedly think of the Lone Star State.

In truth, Texas has some less than gun-friendly laws on the books, but they’re still fairly pro-gun.

That stance feels a little shakey after two major mass shootings within the span of a month within the state. Governor Greg Abbott has found himself under enormous pressure by anti-gun forces following the most recent mass shooting in Odessa, Texas.

To that end, the governor has just issued eight executive orders to address what he sees as an information gap that led to the shootings.

WHEREAS, on August 3, 2019, a gunman killed twenty-two people in El Paso and injured dozens more in a despicable act of domestic terrorism; and

WHEREAS, the mother of the El Paso gunman had previously expressed concern to police about her son and the weapon with which he would later commit his cowardly attack; and

WHEREAS, on August 31, 2019, another gunman heinously killed seven people in Odessa and injured dozens more; and

WHEREAS, the Odessa gunman had called …Read the Rest

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