“This is an example of why I want Texas to be a Second-Amendment Sanctuary State”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted out these words while sharing and pointing to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s sweeping gun control proposal that would do everything from creating a federal registry for firearms to insurance for gun owners.
In a story in the Fort Worth-Star Telegram Abbott said
“Politicians from the federal level to the local level have shouted: ‘Heck yes, the government is coming to get your guns,’” Abbott said, referencing Beto O’Rourke’s remarks during his 2020 Democratic bid for president when he said: “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.”
“We won’t let that happen in Texas,” Abbott said. “Last session, I signed 10 laws to protect gun rights in Texas. This session we need to erect a complete barrier against any government office anywhere from treading on gun rights in Texas. Texas must be a Second Amendment sanctuary state.”
Abbott’s statements come at an interesting time when a record amount of gun-control bills have been filed in the Texas House and Senate including controversial “red flag laws”.
Is it safe to say if any gun control did pass through the legislature he would veto them? It sure sounds like it.
Rep. Steve Toth (R-Woodlands) has introduced a bill into the Texas house that partners with Abbott’s stance.
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HB 112 would ban law enforcement officers in Texas from enforcing federal gun laws that are stricter than state ones and would. It even goes as far as to make enforcing federal laws stricter than state ones on firearms as an offense.
A person commits an offense if, in the person’s official capacity as an officer of an entity described by Subsection (a), or
as a person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the entity, or under color of law, the person knowingly enforces
or attempts to enforce any federal statute, order, rule, or regulation described by Subsection (b). An offense under this
subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
Will other plans unfold to make texas a Second Amendment Sanctuary State and what will it look like? We will follow this story and all others related to gun control and the Second Amendment here at fishgame.com.
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