Texas Scorecard By Erin Anderson October 17, 2019
Citizens speak out as legislators consider red-flag laws, speech regulations, and other ideas to limit constitutionally protected rights.Second Amendment advocates showed up and spoke out to state lawmakers last week to oppose plans to restrict Texans’ gun rights.
During a public hearing in the DFW Metroplex, dozens of citizens waited hours to testify against legislative proposals aimed at preventing mass shootings—including controversial “red-flag†laws.
The hearing was convened by the Texas House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety, formed along with a companion Senate committee in the wake of shootings in El Paso and Odessa in August. Gov. Greg Abbott also formed a Texas Safety Commission and issued eight executive orders “intended to bolster the public safety coordination that can prevent mass shootings.â€
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