Greg Abbout

[Traildust]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/24/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signals-support-for-two-gun-control-measures-after-houston-area-school-shooting.html

A swing....and a miss!

[Ætheling]

Greg Abbout

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[BowDude]

What's the miss?

[Muddy Bud]

What's the miss?

That's what I was wondering. I'm sure most gun owners will agree with him.

[Traildust]

That's what I was wondering. I'm sure most gun owners will agree with him.

Because it's just window dressing. You want the government setting regulations on how to store your weapons? Faster reporting?.....parkland shooter had 39 red flags....it had been reported for months, but everyone failed.

[BowDude]

I would rather have Greg Abbott running this show than student protesters. If anyone is going to lookout for our 2nd amendment rights and Texan's rights, it would be Mr Abbott.

[Landrover]

Gonna be incredibly interesting watching this play out.

[BigWes]

Because it's just window dressing. You want the government setting regulations on how to store your weapons? Faster reporting?.....parkland shoot had 39 red flags....it had been reported for months, but everyone failed.

Hammer meets head of nail.

I've not heard anything about the Santa Fe shooter having any mental health problems. Background checks wouldn't have done anything here either. The dad bought the guns, not the kid. Locking your guns up negates the point of having them for self defense purposes as any intruder will not be letting you call a time out to get your weapon.

[Traildust]

I would rather have Greg Abbott running this show than student protesters. If anyone is going to lookout for our 2nd amendment rights and Texan's rights, it would be Mr Abbott.

He's still a politician bro.....don't trust him any father than you can throw him.

[Traildust]

Gonna be incredibly interesting watching this play out.

Yep....lots of attention on this issue. Now is when our politicians are most vulnerable to selling us out.

[flywise]

How about we do nothing and rely on .......hope

[Traildust]

How about we do nothing and rely on .......hope

Throw that in with the measures he's talking about....same outcome.

[BrandonA]

Simple question how are they going to enforce a law regarding proper storage or locking of guns? I can see this in and of itself as opening Pandoras Box. Will LE conduct surprise home searches etc...?

[batmaninja]

Following up on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s suggestion of hardening security at Texas schools, Texas Monthly’s R.G. Ratcliffe does the math: “The price of walk-through metal detectors range, in general, from about $3,500 to $5,000 each. There are more than 9,100 public school and charter school campuses in Texas. If metal detectors cost $4,000 each, then the total price tag for equipping the state school buildings would run about $36.4 million.”

These are some interesting figures (for about half of a HS football stadium, we can get metal detectors). I can also see how it could create bottle necks that would make it easier for a shooter to just attack from the outside. A stop and frisk could be a lot cheaper than detectors and probably just as big of a deterrent.

[Traildust]

Following up on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s suggestion of hardening security at Texas schools, Texas Monthly’s R.G. Ratcliffe does the math: “The price of walk-through metal detectors range, in general, from about $3,500 to $5,000 each. There are more than 9,100 public school and charter school campuses in Texas. If metal detectors cost $4,000 each, then the total price tag for equipping the state school buildings would run about $36.4 million.”

These are some interesting figures (for about half of a HS football stadium, we can get metal detectors). I can also see how it could create bottle necks that would make it easier for a shooter to just attack from the outside. A stop and frisk could be a lot cheaper than detectors and probably just as big of a deterrent.

Thats chump change. 28 million folks is Texas. Couple bucks each