Texas Gun Rights Supporters Push Back as Gov. Abbott Hints at Expanding Background Checks

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Posted August 25, 2019 6:00 pm by Comments

By Dan Zimmerman

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Gun rights advocates gather outside the Texas Capitol where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held a round table discussion, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Abbott is meeting in Austin with officials from Google, Twitter and Facebook as well as officials from the FBI and state lawmakers to discuss ways of combatting extremism in light of the recent mass shooting in El Paso that reportedly targeted Mexicans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Last week, members of the Texas gun rights community held a rally outside the capitol here in Austin ahead of the first meeting of Greg Abbott’s new Texas Safety Commission. See our report and video of the event here. As we noted, the initial makeup of the commission excluded any representatives from what the AP, […]

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