Texas Governor Dismisses Biden’s Gun Control Measures as ‘Show’
BY GQ PAN April 11, 2021 Updated: April 11, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday pushed back on President Joe Biden’s newly announced executive actions on gun control, saying those proposals are no more than a “show” that doesn’t actually address crimes involving guns.
In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Abbott rejected the idea that the president could use executive orders to limit the Second Amendment.
“I think that there is no acceptable way that a president by executive order can infringe upon Second Amendment rights or alter Second Amendment rights,” the Republican governor said. “If the president wanted to do something more than show—if the president really wanted to do something substantively, what he really could do by executive order is to eliminate the backlog of complaints that have already been filed about gun crimes that have taken place.”
Abbott went on to say that Americans need their guns for self defense now more than ever, citing the border crisis being taken advantage of by Mexican drug cartels, the “Defund the Police” movement, and bail policies that allow “very dangerous criminals” to be released back onto the streets.
“Texans and Americans know they need their Second Amendment rights to defend themselves at a time when the United States government and other governments are doing less to defend our fellow Americans,” he said. “That is exactly why we should not have any further limitations of our Second Amendment rights.”
Abbott’s comments come after he endorsed a proposed bill to turn Texas into a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State.” The House Bill 2622, filed by Republican state Rep. Justina Holland, would prohibit state and local government agencies from enforcing or providing assistance to federal agencies on any new federal laws or rules regarding firearms, ammunition, and accessories.
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