“You said this was not predictable? This is totally predictable when you choose to do anything,” said Beto, blaming Abbott’s policies for the shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two adults dead Tuesday morning. KUT
Last year, Abbott signed into law legislation that allows most Texans to buy a handgun without a permit.
The other officials at the news conference included Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Texas House Speaker Dan Phelan, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, Department of Public Safety Steve McCraw, and Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell. O’Rourke talked to reporters outside Uvalde High School, where the press conference was taking place.
“Those are … solutions that have been brought up by the people of Texas, each one of those has broad bipartisan support,” O’Rourke said. “Right now we could get that done if we had a governor who cared more about the people of Texas than he does his own political career or his fealty to the NRA.”
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