Though some of those proposals attracted initial support from Republican state leaders...
In a letter sent to Abbott on Thursday, 58 Democrats in the Texas House said that “a legislative response that only addresses mental health care and school security will be incomplete and inadequate — we must also address gun safety to fully respond to this tragedy so nothing like this ever happens again in our state.”
The polling is much less conclusive when Americans are asked whether the background checks would decrease the number of mass shootings or when they answer questions about specific legislation. Under current federal law, background checks are not required by unlicensed vendors who make sales at gun shows or online.
“This is what we do know, and this is what the people of Uvalde and the people of Texas are demanding without a shadow of a doubt: Something needs to be done to honor the legacy of the memory of those children and those teachers that were killed in this tragedy, that were killed in El Paso, that were killed in Santa Fe, and were killed and each and every one of these shootings that we’ve had throughout the state of Texas,” King said.
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