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Texas Governor’s School Safety Plan: More Armed Guards, No Big Gun…
Texas Governor’s School Safety Plan: More Armed Guards, No Big Gun Controls
The NY Times
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas
To expand programs to identify students at risk
To tighten security at schools
$100 million --> More police and armed guards on school campuses
To strengthen Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens
Only modest changes to gun laws
Controls for families with children younger than 17
Reporting felony convictions and adjudications of mental illness
Firearms locked away from children under the age of 18
Request for state legislators
Allows the police, family members or a school employee
To temporarily take guns away from someone deemed a threat to themselves or others.
Red flag law
Aim
:red_cross: Expand regulations
Protect students
Eg Scruggs
To really tackle the issue of gun violence
Out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them
Mr. Abbot's proposals --> Not enough
A missed popportunity
Polls
Wide support among both Republicans and Democrats
:check: Background checks
Harder to pass gun laws in Texas
More permissive
Allowing gun owners to openly carry their handguns