“Right now, the state legislature is failing to protect our communities by failing to pursue gun safety and regulation. We need to dismantle a corrupt system in which the gun lobby can buy access, influence and outcomes,' BetoORourke tells R29.
Gyl Switzer, Executive Director of non-partisan non-profit Texas Gun Sense, tells Refinery29 the reason these laws aren’t being passed is complicated. She marks it down to a polarized and partisan political environment, gerrymandering that makes marginal views outsized, and miseducation. After the Santa Fe, TX high school shooting in 2018, Abbott invited them to participate in round table conversations about ending gun violence prevention.
This president, who helped create the hatred that made Saturday's tragedy possible, should not come to El Paso. We do not need more division. We need to heal. He has no place here.“Every three hours, someone in Texas dies from gun violence,” O’Rourke tells Refinery29. “My decision to speak out on this issue everywhere I go is a direct reflection of seeing how many tragedies have impacted the lives of Texans all across this state.
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