Abbott, a potential 2024 presidential contender who in eight years as governor has loosened Texas’ firearm restrictions and signed a law doing away with background checks for concealed handguns, waved off calls for stricter gun controls since the Uvalde attack, which also killed two teachers.
Uvalde families have put at the top of their demands raising the minimum age to purchase an AR-15-style rifle like the one used in the shooting from 18 to 21 years old. Florida raised the minimum age weeks after the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 under a law signed by then-Republican Gov. Rick Scott.
Abbott has said that raising the age would be “unconstitutional” because of recent court rulings, an assessment criticized by legal experts. “No parent should lose a child and we want to do everything we can to make sure that doesn’t happen. We want to end school shootings,” Abbott said of raising the age to purchase AR-15-style weapons. “’But we cannot do that by making false promises.”
O’Rourke, who has been haunted in his campaign by his support of confiscating such weapons while running for president in 2019, did not directly answer when he asked if he still supported the position. “I’m for making progress,” he said.
Beto DESTROYED Greg Abbott. And at one point Greg Abbott literally lied to our faces about low cost energy bills and the power grid not having power outages.
I guess what I don’t understand is Abbott criticizing Beto on the border. Abbott has been Gov for 8 years, and he’s talked about the border the whole time. Whats he going to be able to do in 12 years that he couldn’t have done in 8?
And nbc will lie and say buto won
The border is on everyone’s mind. Abbott has had EIGHT YEARS as Governor, and it’s worse than ever. If he had a plan to do anything about, he would have done it by now. What’s he gonna get done in 12 years that he couldn’t do in 8?
BetoORourke mopped the floor with Abbott.
Why didn't you air this tonight like KXAN? We Need People to vote! What was the point of not airing?
The press should continue to question Abbott as to why he didn’t call a special session about Uvalde and gun violence in our schools. Hold his feet to the fire
It's O-V-E-R. Well done, Governor.
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