Texas governor to host ‘roundtable’ discussion after Santa Fe shooting (VIDEO)

By Daniel Terrill

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he’ll host a roundtable discussion to exchange a diverse set of ideas for preventing future school shootings like the one Friday at Santa Fe High School.
“We need to do more than just pray for the victims and their families,” Abbott said during a press conference Friday. “It’s time in Texas that we take action to step up and make sure this tragedy is never repeated ever again in the history of the state of Texas.”
Abbott’s push for legislative action came hours after a 17-year-old gunman entered the high school Friday morning and murdered 10 people and injured 13 others, including two law enforcement officers who had engaged him during the attack. Texas authorities said the Santa Fe gunman took guns from his dad, who legally owned them, and concealed them under a trench coat.
The quickness of the governor’s response likely a lesson from witnessing political action spurred by February’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which has had a cascading effect in both the public and private sectors.
The student-led activism, bolstered by gun control groups, successfully lobbied lawmakers in Florida — long considered a gun rights stronghold — to pass sweeping gun control measures and influenced

Source: Guns.com