Uvalde.- Texas Governor Greg Abbottdefended this Friday the Firearms and considered “wrong” to focus on asking for greater control through the verification of the criminal record of its buyers, after Tuesday’s shooting at a school in the state.
“Do we expect laws to come out of this devastating crime? The answer is absolutely yes,” said Abbott, who immediately rejected that this will mean the adoption of measures to reinforce background checks to avoid criminals. shootings.
On Tuesday, the young Salvador Ramosaged 18, entered the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde (Texas) and opened fire in a classroom, killing 19 children and two teachers.
Abbott recalled that “since Texas has been, someone 18 years old can buy a long gun, a rifle, right?
“And for a while now, it seems like it’s been the last decade or two, that we’ve had shootings in schools, so for a century and a half 18-year-olds could buy a rifle and we didn’t have school shootings,” he said.
The Republican governor indicated that it is “possible” that public opinion is focusing on “the wrong thing”, specifically the gun background checksince, according to him, they have not been relevant when it comes to preventing shootings in the past.
“To anyone who suggests that we should focus on background checks as opposed to mental health, I suggest you are wrong,” he said. Abbottwho added that you have to focus on addressing mental problems.
At another point in his press conference, the governor announced a series of measures in support of the relatives of the 21 who died in the shooting in Uvalde.
“The state of Texas has robust resources to ensure that these families who have been devastated by this crime, as well as the entire community, will receive help in all their needs,” he said.
He added that an anonymous donor has given $175,000 to “meet all the costs of the affected families for funeral services” and pointed out that mental health care will be offered “to students, teachers, law enforcement officers and all those people of the community that need it.
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Abbott appeared before the media after announcing that he was canceling his participation in the annual convention of the National Rifle Association (NRA)which began today in Houston, although a pre-recorded video of the governor will be shown.
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