Just hours after a shooter went on a killing spree in Odessa, Texas, the state loosened its gun laws and eased restrictions on gun owners.
Kris Brown, president of gun violence prevention advocacy group Brady, was dismayed by the passing of the bill.
“Many states took the opportunity in the last two years to learn lessons from the tragedies in Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs, Parkland, and the every day gun violence that plagues our citizens, and enacted new laws to protect public safety through expanded background checks and extreme risk laws,” Brown told
. “Texas lawmakers, instead… doubled down on an NRA led agenda to encourage guns everywhere, no matter the risks and costs to safety.”that the FBI is in Texas frequently now, due to the high volume of mass shootings. “[We’re] here now almost every other week supporting our local and state partners on active shooters. We’re almost every two weeks an active shooter in this country.”
In Texas alone, the Odessa shooting on Saturday took seven lives and the El Paso shooting last month took 22. Across the entire US,
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