Texas Governonr Greg Abbott will not call a special session of the Texas legislature to deal with the Uvalde elementary school massacre. Abbott chose to mobilize an advisory committee, the same strategy he used after a school shooting killed 10 in Santa Fe, Texas.
Abbott did call special sessions in 2021 to deal with "disallowing a student from competing in University Interscholastic League athletic competitions designated for the sex opposite to the student's sex at birth" and critical race theory. Prior political boogeymen garnered special sessions but not the real massacre of innocent children that required DNA to identify the remains.
Uvalde victims families have no recourse against the gun manufacturer or authorities who failed to protect their loved ones due to legal immunity. Authorities continue revising their story and timeline of the events of that heartbreaking day.
There have been numerous mass shootings in Texas during Abbott's reign.
Six mass shootings have occurred in Texas during Gov. Greg Abbott’s 7½ years in office. He has offered prayers and condemned each.
The murders of five police officers in Dallas were “acts of cowardice.” The killing of 26 in Sutherland Springs was a “horrific act.” The high school shooting in Santa Fe that took 10 lives was an “act of evil.” The slaying of 23 at an El Paso Walmart was a “senseless act of violence” while the shooting deaths of seven in Midland-Odessa three weeks later were a “senseless and cowardly act.”
The slaughter of 21 at an elementary school in Uvalde was a “senseless crime,” which, Abbott added at a news conference Wednesday, “could have been worse.”
Suburban moms, are you listening?
Update 6-5-22: "Powerful Man Does Nothing" is the editorial headline for a San Antonio newspaper.
Update10-19-22: Governor Abbott signed the bill that required.
Millions of Texas children will get identification kits designed for parents to collect fingerprints and DNA to be used in case their kids are in an emergency such as a school shooting.
Nearly 4 million Texans from kindergarten through grade eight will bring home a tri-fold pamphlet this month in which parents can place their children’s fingerprints, photo and a DNA sample.
No change in Texas gun laws. The pamphlets are part of Greg Abbott's legacy.
Update 10-29-22: DPS Chief said his department did not fail the people of Uvalde. There is video and audio that shows otherwise. This is Abbott's Hurricane Katrina and the DPS Chief is his Michael Brown.
Update 5-7-23: Texas experienced 16 mass shootings thus far in 2023 (29 deaths, 58 injured). The latest at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas resulted in eight innocent deaths. A witness said one dead young lady had no face as a result of the shooter using an AR-15 style rifle (a weapon of war). Texas officials have little information for the public.
