The Governor of California attacked. Gavin Newsom (right) and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (right) and Republican federal judges appointed Wednesday criticized Abbott’s statement that mental health was a factor in school assaults, pointing to California’s failing firearms laws.
Abbott spoke at a news conference with local, state and federal officials after an 18-year-old fired an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers.
In his presentation, Abbott highlighted the importance of mental health issues in mass shootings and defended Texas gun laws against journalists’ questions, arguing that California, Chicago, and other Democratic-ruled jurisdictions have strict gun laws and continue to experience high levels of violence. .in the use of weapons. Abbott also noted that gun laws in Texas have been in place for decades and have not changed, but large-scale shootings in the state are a relatively recent phenomenon.
Newsom, who has often attacked Texas and Florida in jokes on social issues in the past, said she felt compelled to respond to Abbott and wouldn’t mention the Texas governor. According to the Associated Press:
Shortly before Newsom held a press conference to announce his legislative efforts to tighten gun laws in California, Abbott spoke on Tuesday about the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, saying the shooter “must be bad at heart”. Abbott spoke of the mental health problems of many in his state and described California’s strict gun laws as ineffective.
Newsom, accompanied by legislative leaders, urged the public “not to give in to the cynicism and all the nonsense you heard about evil and sanity at today’s press conference.”
“This goes completely against the fact that there is only one country on planet Earth that distinguishes itself from all other countries, and this is the United States in its distortion of the Second Amendment, which guarantees the right to own and bring arms. . ,” said Newsom.
“I can’t even make it big. But Governor Abbott just reviewed the name of the state of California. I’ll warn them against it,” Newsom said. Citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he noted that the death rate from guns in Texas was higher than in California.
Democrats are determined to attack Abbott, who is scheduled for reelection this year. He defeated his Democratic rival, 2018 Senate and 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, violating the press consensus Wednesday and was expelled by police.
Newsom also called Republican appointees “extremists” in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. A panel of three judges earlier this month overturned California law, which prohibits youth ages 18 to 20 from purchasing semi-automatic rifles, by a 2-1 margin.
Newsom argued that Judge Roger Benitez, appointed by George W. Bush, and Judge Ryan Nelson, appointed by Donald Trump, were responsible for the mass killings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalda, because they were both about 18 years old. using rifles in mass executions. “You can ask Judge Benitez how he feels about the last 10 days,” Newsom said. As for Nelson, “I wonder how he felt (after) what happened in Buffalo and Texas.”
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