Opinion by Eugene Robinson: Dismissing the Latino victims of Friday’s mass shooting as “illegal immigrants” was a new low for Gov. Greg Abbott (R). He was “embarrassed” that his state ranks second in gun purchases and implored Texans to “pick up the pace.”
For the record, it is apparently not true that all of those senselessly slain in Cleveland, an exurb of Houston, had no legal right to be in this country. It is true, however, that one of the victims was a 9-year-old boy. It is also true, according to authorities, that two of the women who were killed sacrificed themselves byAnd it is true that the gunman used an AR-style rifle — a weapon of war that once was banned in the United States and must be outlawed again.
This kind of conflict happens every day in every community in every nation in the world. Such differences are usually resolved amicably. But sometimes, neighbors exchange words. In extreme cases, they might exchange blows. What they do not do, in countries that have reasonable laws about firearms, is fire guns. Yet the United States has
, and demagogic politicians such as Abbott want us to have even more weapons — which can lead only to more needless killing.
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