Nathalie Baptiste

Texas’ new gun laws, which expands where Texans can bring their guns, goes into affect on Sunday, just one day after a gunman killed 7 people and wounded 20 others in Midland and Odessa.

The nearly dozen new laws, championed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, vastly expands where individuals can bring their guns—including school parking lots, foster homes, churches, and rental properties. One of the laws, inspired by the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, allows Texans to open and conceal carry during natural disasters. Another prevents homeowners associations from regulating gun ownership. And it’s not just guns. Texans will now be legally able to carry pointed keychains, clubs, and brass knuckles.

The expansion of gun laws was in response to the shootings at a church in Sutherland Springs in 2017 which left 26 dead and 20 injured and a shooting at Santa Fe High School in 2018 where 10 people died and another 13 were wounded. But instead of making it harder to obtain guns, the Texas legislature pushed the “good guy with a gun” narrative, which claims that only someone else with a gun can stop a gunman. Before the laws went into effect, a white supremacist gunned down 22 people at an El Paso Wal-Mart in August ...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/09/one-day-after-mass-shooting-new-laws-in-texas-that-expand-gun-access-go-into-effect/

Author: Reagan Roy
Published: 10:04 AM CDT September 1, 2019
Updated: 10:12 AM CDT September 1, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a declaration to lower all flags to half-staff in wake of the tragic shootings in the Midland-Odessa area ...

https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/gov-greg-abbott-orders-flags-to-half-staff-in-wake-of-midland-odessa-shootings/501-a92de19e-5000-4105-aace-e90f8f75f9cb

Get the State of Texas to purchase weapons by the train load to hand out to citizens to "keep 'em safe?" I don't understand the aversion to either background checks or red flag laws. Those should be simple to pass.

... A vigil will be held Sunday night from 6 to 7 ...

https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-midland-shooting-vigil/513-e5e0d425-72ea-40a3-9828-b6c4b1893cc4

By Jonathan Tilove
Posted Aug 15, 2019 at 12:01 AM
Updated Aug 17, 2019 at 9:26 AM

Gov. Greg Abbott opened his televised town hall Thursday night at the University of Texas at Tyler reminding the audience that he spent his primary school years in nearby Longview ...

But — while acknowledging the enormity of the tragedy surrounding the Aug. 3 massacre of 22 people at an El Paso Walmart by a suspect apparently motivated by a hatred of Hispanics — the governor said he will not call a legislative special session to respond to the attack that has Texans looking for answers at the nexus of gun policy and white supremacy.

“After the shooting in Santa Fe, after the shooting in Sutherland Springs, after Hurricane Harvey, we didn’t rush in to have a special session,” Abbott said. “Legislators work full time on legislation. We will all work together on the best ideas and strategies and vet them the way they need to be vetted to make sure that we’re going to come up with laws that will pass and work. But remember this government doesn’t require the Legislature to be in session in order for it to work.”

“There are so many levers that the governor has available to him that we’re going to be able to begin executing right now for us to be able to make sure that El Paso and other communities are safer right now,” Abbott said at the town hall ...

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190815/gov-greg-abbott-promises-action-in-aftermath-of-el-paso-but-no-special-session

"So many levers! You hold a vigil! And I'll order the flags to half mast!"

This means nothing.

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more likely he will work with the NRA for more cover stories and additional ways they can appease paranoid gun humpers

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