05-22-2018, 02:25 PM
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said at Friday's press conference: “What can we do now? One, if you’re a parent and you own guns, lock your guns safely away. Your children should not be able, or anyone else, to get your legally owned guns. ... This is one big step we can take.”
Later that afternoon, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn seemed to go even further. It’s “only prudent,” he said, that parents keep their firearms under lock and key; it’s an “open issue” whether parents should be legally required to do so.
Texas already has a law aimed at keeping parents’ legally owned guns out of the hands of their children, but it failed to prevent Friday’s shooting for several reasons — the most important of which, said state Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, is that it’s “reactive, not proactive.” https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/21/...eactive-n/
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I won't hold my breath waiting for these Texas lawmakers to push for legislation, but I hope they do.
It would be even better if consistent and logical storage/security laws were enacted at the federal level.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said at Friday's press conference: “What can we do now? One, if you’re a parent and you own guns, lock your guns safely away. Your children should not be able, or anyone else, to get your legally owned guns. ... This is one big step we can take.”
Later that afternoon, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn seemed to go even further. It’s “only prudent,” he said, that parents keep their firearms under lock and key; it’s an “open issue” whether parents should be legally required to do so.
Texas already has a law aimed at keeping parents’ legally owned guns out of the hands of their children, but it failed to prevent Friday’s shooting for several reasons — the most important of which, said state Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, is that it’s “reactive, not proactive.” https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/21/...eactive-n/
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I won't hold my breath waiting for these Texas lawmakers to push for legislation, but I hope they do.
It would be even better if consistent and logical storage/security laws were enacted at the federal level.