Posted on 08/24/2019 2:07:46 PM PDT by Twotone
The Office of Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement announcing the creation of the new “Texas Safety Commission”, which comes as a response to the recent terror attack in El Paso.
The commission is charged with developing an immediate action plan for the State of Texas, tasked with preventing future mass shootings and domestic terror attacks.
Part of the commission’s duty will be to produce legislation corresponding with the commission’s findings for lawmakers to tackle in the next Texas Legislature (particularly, legislation providing solutions to combat domestic terrorism, extremist ideologies, and addressing the link between mental health and gun violence).
The 27-member commission will heavily influence state policy and included representatives of various law enforcement agencies, lawmakers, socials media and tech companies, and doctors and educators; however, one appointment immediately raised concern with Second Amendment activists.
Ed Scruggs, who serves as the president for the gun-control lobby group Texans for Gun Sense, will have an unopposed voice on the commission. Gov. Abbott appointed the leftist activist to the commission while simultaneously ignoring requests from pro-gun advocates, like Gun Owners of America state director Rachel Malone, to be included in the policy discussions.
According to the Texans for Gun Sense website, the group’s top legislative priority is enacting “red-flag” protection order laws and forcing universal background checks. Also included in their legislative priorities is the ban of “assault-style” weapons, banning magazines with over 10-round capacity, and raising the age to own a rifle to 21. The group is interwoven with the organization Moms Demand Action, the product of billionaire and gun-grabber liberal Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City.
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Patriots, keep your cowardly Repubics in check.
So I can’t buy an AK anymore soon
I never thought Abbott to be CLOSE to a coward.
What gives?
What the hell, Abbott? You trying to start a rebellion in Texas?
You’ll get one, doing crap like this.
WTF? this kind of insane Krapo is happening in TEXAS!? What gives?
If Texas turns bluse, what other state can we move to?
Someone got to the gov and he’s setting Texans up to get the shaft.
I never thought Abbott to be CLOSE to a coward.
He is only 1 of 27 people on the commission. He will be listened to politely and others will be offering their opinions which will be more acceptable.
I don’t know, I didn’t think that either, but apparently something is up with him. It’s like we can expect any Repubic to turn on us at anytime.
I’m not going to accept any gun control.
No way I am going to disarm a single thing in this lunatic infested society.
No. Way.
He should be 0 of 27.
To Hell with tyrants.
Under him, concealed carry on campus is legal. You wouldn't believe how crazy that made the college nutballs. I had one of the campus counselors tell me if I was disturbed or upset about campus carry, I could come to him for counseling. I had a .38 in my pocket at the time, yeah, legally.
THAT makes sense
Abbott is a mixed bag at the very best.
If you staked him over an ant hill, he would die in freakish pain before he would utter the words “civil forfeiture reform.”
Texas seems to get these people who are strong conservatives on some issues but far left on others.
Abbot is at least several steps up from Rick Perry, who granted Texas Muslims sharia courts (since reversed I believe) and attempted to place a ban on adding lanes on north/south limited access highways in exchange for foreign companies building a huge north/south highway which they would lease for practically nothing and run.
Maybe Abbot will get reigned in on this, or maybe not.
Smart move on Abbots part.
He can recommend whatever he wants, it still has to be voted on. The next session of the Legislature isn’t for another 17 months, so emotions will have cooled down.
My concerns will start to grow when, and if (still not sure if) the state will be run by Democrats, but even then, governing as hard-core Leftists still won’t be appreciated by the vast majority of Texans.
I wonder if Abbott ever visited pedo island.
He also loves importing Californians and moslems. Abbott is a typical gop type... never turn your back on him.
Jobs for friends program.
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