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"Not only did the gunman have a criminal history … he also previously failed a gun purchase background check in Texas,” Abbott tweeted, “& he didn’t go thru a background check for the gun he used in Odessa. We must keep guns out of criminals’ hands.”

How convenient, just as the Left is screaming for a gun registry (I mean, "universal background checks").

If I put my tinfoil cap on, you have to wonder why the push now (red flag laws and a registry)? Whose timetable, and why is it urgent that the public be disarmed? What plans does the Deep State have for Nigel?

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he didn’t go thru a background check for the gun he used in Odessa. We must keep guns out of criminals’ hands.

Never going to happen. For untold decades they have revoked licenses and siezed the cars of DWI offenders only to have them buy, borrow or steal another.
In my area there are many offenders with DWIs in double digits and still driving. All the laws and rules are worthless in stopping this decades old scourge that takes over 10,000 lives a year.

Draw the parallels to obtaining a gun and they think total unattainable confiscation will fix the problem. After mandatory gun relenquishment in Australia they still have a gun problem on an island with no land borders for smuggling prohibited weapons. I doubt anyone will see a call to confiscate all cars.