Without mentioning the Uvalde mass shooting, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week declared school safety a priority for the current legislative session and again dismissed calls for more laws that would restrict access to guns.
"Some want more gun laws, but too many local officials won't even enforce the gun laws that are already on the books," the governor said during his annual State of the State address. Without providing a source or clear data, he then asserted that "most gun crimes are committed by criminals who possess guns illegally." Abbott proposed a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for people who are not legally allowed to have a firearm but have them anyway.
