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Abbott Appoints Gun-Control Extremist to New Safety Commission
Texas Scorecard ^ | August 20, 2019 | Matt Stringer

Posted on 08/24/2019 2:07:46 PM PDT by Twotone

The Office of Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement announcing the creation of the new “Texas Safety Commission”, 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, 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.

According to the Texans for Gun Sense website, the group’s top legislative priority is enacting “red-flag” protection order laws and forcing universal background checks. Also included in their legislative priorities is the ban of “assault-style” weapons, banning magazines with over 10-round capacity, and raising the age to own a rifle to 21. The group is interwoven with the organization Moms Demand Action, the product of billionaire and gun-grabber liberal Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; gregabbott; guncontrol; nra; secondamendment; texas
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1 posted on 08/24/2019 2:07:46 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Patriots, keep your cowardly Repubics in check.


2 posted on 08/24/2019 2:16:43 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: chris37

So I can’t buy an AK anymore soon


3 posted on 08/24/2019 2:26:25 PM PDT by This_Dude
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To: chris37

I never thought Abbott to be CLOSE to a coward.

What gives?


4 posted on 08/24/2019 2:26:51 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Twotone

What the hell, Abbott? You trying to start a rebellion in Texas?

You’ll get one, doing crap like this.


5 posted on 08/24/2019 2:30:13 PM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Twotone

WTF? this kind of insane Krapo is happening in TEXAS!? What gives?


6 posted on 08/24/2019 2:38:48 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Twotone

If Texas turns bluse, what other state can we move to?


7 posted on 08/24/2019 2:41:08 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Twotone

Someone got to the gov and he’s setting Texans up to get the shaft.


8 posted on 08/24/2019 2:41:38 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: dp0622

I never thought Abbott to be CLOSE to a coward.


He is only 1 of 27 people on the commission. He will be listened to politely and others will be offering their opinions which will be more acceptable.


9 posted on 08/24/2019 2:42:27 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: dp0622

I don’t know, I didn’t think that either, but apparently something is up with him. It’s like we can expect any Repubic to turn on us at anytime.

I’m not going to accept any gun control.

No way I am going to disarm a single thing in this lunatic infested society.

No. Way.


10 posted on 08/24/2019 2:43:59 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: buffaloguy

He should be 0 of 27.

To Hell with tyrants.


11 posted on 08/24/2019 2:46:46 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: buffaloguy
Agreed. Abbott has been great for Texas gun owners. When LTC became law, some apartment complexes put up the 30.06/30.07 signs, basically saying you couldn't own a firearm if you lived in the complex. Abbott recently signed a bill stating that if a person is renting an apartment, it is their home, and they can possess a firearm there, regardless of the landlord's opinion.

Under him, concealed carry on campus is legal. You wouldn't believe how crazy that made the college nutballs. I had one of the campus counselors tell me if I was disturbed or upset about campus carry, I could come to him for counseling. I had a .38 in my pocket at the time, yeah, legally.

12 posted on 08/24/2019 2:49:50 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (WWG1WGA)
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To: buffaloguy

THAT makes sense


13 posted on 08/24/2019 3:02:10 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: dp0622

Abbott is a mixed bag at the very best.

If you staked him over an ant hill, he would die in freakish pain before he would utter the words “civil forfeiture reform.”

Texas seems to get these people who are strong conservatives on some issues but far left on others.

Abbot is at least several steps up from Rick Perry, who granted Texas Muslims sharia courts (since reversed I believe) and attempted to place a ban on adding lanes on north/south limited access highways in exchange for foreign companies building a huge north/south highway which they would lease for practically nothing and run.

Maybe Abbot will get reigned in on this, or maybe not.


14 posted on 08/24/2019 3:05:11 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: buffaloguy

Smart move on Abbots part.


15 posted on 08/24/2019 3:05:55 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Twotone
Uh, gov abbott?😲😡
16 posted on 08/24/2019 3:07:12 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Twotone

He can recommend whatever he wants, it still has to be voted on. The next session of the Legislature isn’t for another 17 months, so emotions will have cooled down.

My concerns will start to grow when, and if (still not sure if) the state will be run by Democrats, but even then, governing as hard-core Leftists still won’t be appreciated by the vast majority of Texans.


17 posted on 08/24/2019 3:07:38 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: dp0622

I wonder if Abbott ever visited pedo island.


18 posted on 08/24/2019 3:24:39 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Windflier

He also loves importing Californians and moslems. Abbott is a typical gop type... never turn your back on him.


19 posted on 08/24/2019 3:35:19 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Twotone

Jobs for friends program.


20 posted on 08/24/2019 3:36:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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