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Swordsmyth
08-26-2019, 02:24 AM
The Office of Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement announcing the creation of the new “Texas Safety Commission” (https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-texas-safety-commission?fbclid=IwAR3HEVxlF_Bpcqmm7JX9aTvs7e3ICw JHnzfxUTilC4Tggl1EhBiAJ7FdK7E), which comes as a response to the recent terror attack in El Paso.
The commission is charged with developing an immediate action plan for the State of Texas, tasked with preventing future mass shootings and domestic terror attacks.
Part of the commission’s duty will be to produce legislation corresponding with the commission’s findings for lawmakers to tackle in the next Texas Legislature (particularly, legislation providing solutions to combat domestic terrorism, extremist ideologies, and addressing the link between mental health and gun violence).
The 27-member commission will heavily influence state policy and included representatives of various law enforcement agencies, lawmakers, socials media and tech companies, and doctors and educators; however, one appointment immediately raised concern with Second Amendment activists.
Ed Scruggs, who serves as the president for the gun-control lobby group Texans for Gun Sense, (https://www.txgunsense.org/) will have an unopposed voice on the commission. Gov. Abbott appointed the leftist activist to the commission while simultaneously ignoring requests from pro-gun advocates, like Gun Owners of America state director Rachel Malone, to be included in the policy discussions.

More at: https://texasscorecard.com/state/abbott-appoints-gun-control-extremist-to-new-safety-commission/

Swordsmyth
08-26-2019, 02:25 AM
UPDATE: Since publication, Texas Scorecard has been informed by Gov. Abbott’s office that Mike Cox of the Texas State Rifle Association has been appointed to the safety commission. This brings the total number of commission members up to 28.

Anti Globalist
08-26-2019, 08:05 AM
The fact that a request from the GOA got ignored sickens me.