Texas - The War on Guns

Enough Blame to Go Around

Texas Gov. Abbott lashes out after 46 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer: ‘These deaths are on Biden’ [More]

In fairness, Cheap Labor Republicans don’t exactly have clean hands either.

Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue”…

Beto Testing

“You don’t get to pretend that you care about public safety if you’re a governor who allows six major mass shootings to happen on your watch while actively going out of your way to make it easier for criminals to carry guns.” [More]

What a lying @$$hole.

These idiots, too.

[Via bondmen]

Messin’ with Texas

“No person may purchase a pistol unless said purchaser has secured from a Justice of Peace, County Judge, or District Judge in the county of his or her residence a certificate of good character,” said the law, which was enacted in 1931. [More]

That wasn’t one of those laws enacted to keep minorities disarmed that “progressives” think they’ve found a “Gotcha!” with, was it? Because if they like that one, they’ll love this!

And did anyone ever challenge its constitutionality on Second Amendment grounds?

A Plan Comes Together

Biden’s Open Borders Lay Out Welcome Mat For MS-13 Gang Members [More]

Never attribute to sock puppet incompetence what can be explained by a genocidal lust for total power by the men behind the curtain.

[Via bondmen]

UPDATE

According to a very interesting report by Todd Bensman of the Center for Immigration Studies, the record-sized 15,000-strong caravan has run into interference from the Texas governor and his counterpart in the adjacent Mexican state of Coahuila, who had the foresight to sign an agreement in April about border security. [More]

That’s how it’s done– make it more worth Mexican authorities’ while to play ball. And if carrots don’t work, use sticks.

[Via WiscoDave]

‘Safety’ First?

I request that these committees review what steps previous legislatures have enacted, what resources the State has made available to local school districts, and make recommendations to the Legislature and the Executive Branch so that meaningful action can be made on, among other things, the following topics to prevent future school shootings:
School safety
Mental health
Social media
Police training
Firearm safety [More]

OK, Governor, flesh out what you mean by that last one.

[Via Lane]

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