Our state leaders abandoned their own proposals and even their personal sense of humanity...
Alice Tripp, Legislative Director of the Texas State Rifle Association, left, and Ed Scruggs, Board Vice-Chair of Texas Gun Sense, right, listen to Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott, center, during a roundtable discussion to address safety and security at Texas schools in the wake of the shooting at Santa Fe, at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
During the roundtables, I sat immediately to the left of the governor, and we engaged during the breaks. I vividly recall an extended discussion of red flag laws passed in other states — including Indiana — a Republican stronghold. Officials there reported success in identifying individuals who posed a threat to themselves or others and removing their firearms, with a judge’s order, before they could act out. This was a concept the governor seemed keen to embrace.
What unfolded over the next several hours was a candid, urgent and somewhat surreal conversation covering many facets of gun violence. Surprisingly, it was the lieutenant governor who set the tone, with an animated presentation in favor of taking meaningful action, such as expanding the state’s background check system to cover what he called “stranger to stranger” sales. He was clear and rather blunt in his assessment that elected officials would face major repercussions if they did nothing.
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