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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,367 posts)
Sun May 30, 2021, 08:35 PM May 2021

Police Chief Rips 'Ridiculous' Texas Handgun Measure, Predicts 'a Lot More Bloodshed'

Source: Newsweek

Police Chief Art Acevedo called a new measure approved by Texas state lawmakers on handguns "ridiculous" on Sunday, stating it was a dangerous gamble with safety and lives.

The measure would allow people to carry handguns without a license, disregarding the background checks or safety measures that go along with it.

Previously the police chief in Houston and now Miami, Acevedo discussed the "constitutional carry" measure on Face the Nation with host John Dickerson.

"There's something that God gave us and that is common sense, and common sense tells us that that is ridiculous," Acevedo stated when asked about the measure. "Law enforcement, police chiefs, sheriffs, police, labor...stood up together and made it real clear we do not support constitutional carry here in Texas or anywhere in this country.



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Police Chief Rips 'Ridiculous' Texas Handgun Measure, Predicts 'a Lot More Bloodshed' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP
Yup TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #1
3rd time in Texas azureblue May 2021 #8
abbott is insanely brain-dead stupid! joshdawg May 2021 #11
And it speaks volumes about those that support him Klondike Kat May 2021 #18
Police get a call of a active gunman at the local supermarket........ WVreaper May 2021 #2
Once again I don't blame brain dead politicians as much... TreasonousBastard May 2021 #6
A few years ago an innocent person died because of a "good guy" with a gun here in Texas. Lonestarblue May 2021 #16
Post removed Post removed May 2021 #24
There must be human sacrifices to the NRA. SergeStorms May 2021 #3
Criminals across Texas, and the whole nation, are celebrating this new law. patphil May 2021 #4
A population living in fear KT2000 May 2021 #5
in harm's way? - They have plenty of thoughts and prayers. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #9
That is where we have KT2000 May 2021 #13
the law will change right quick azureblue May 2021 #7
Exactly. rownesheck May 2021 #17
Natural selection? (NT) The Wizard May 2021 #10
"Constitutional Carry" Roy Rolling May 2021 #12
There is no problem this law solves. chriscan64 May 2021 #14
Perfect reason to allow everyone to carry a gun without permits. usaf-vet May 2021 #15
Lessons once learned, now forgotten. Marcuse May 2021 #19
The bars in Tombstone today have signs saying no guns allowed now! kimbutgar May 2021 #22
Flynn's attempt to incite a coup and TX gunz for all law.... QED May 2021 #20
I'm waiting for some businesses who moved to Texas to announce they are leaving the state kimbutgar May 2021 #21
I've done a lot of work in Texas over the years... bahboo May 2021 #23

azureblue

(2,155 posts)
8. 3rd time in Texas
Sun May 30, 2021, 10:39 PM
May 2021

first, ignoring the covid virus which killed hundreds, second, the electrical system failure during cold snap, which killed hundreds. And now this..

You'd almost think Abbot was trying to kill off the population of Texas.

WVreaper

(623 posts)
2. Police get a call of a active gunman at the local supermarket........
Sun May 30, 2021, 09:29 PM
May 2021

After all of the school shootings, police tactical response has changed. It is no longer, wait for the SWAT team. It is now first on first in. So one maybe two police officers enter the building. They see bodies down. They see a man standing in an aisle pointing a gun at someone, anyone, nobody. Is he the shooter is is he some Barney Fife wanna be that can now carry a gun anywhere. That will be one of the next police shooting in Texas. Innocent people are going to get shot and killed simply because they are allowed to carry a gun. No background checks. No nothing. Those police officers have no idea who the man with the gun is, but they will stop him from pulling the trigger. This idea that honest people carrying guns will help stop these mass shooting is nonsense. Maybe, but more likely they will be the first ones shot.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
6. Once again I don't blame brain dead politicians as much...
Sun May 30, 2021, 10:26 PM
May 2021

as the morons who voted for them.

Makes you wonder if maybe some of the the arguments of the 1780s about voting rights should be revisited.

Lonestarblue

(10,130 posts)
16. A few years ago an innocent person died because of a "good guy" with a gun here in Texas.
Mon May 31, 2021, 08:40 AM
May 2021

A couple of guys had robbed a jewelry store in a mall and were running away, so the good guy pulls out his gun and starts shooting. The robbers then shoot back, killing a shopper who was in the area. They got away, but the shopper died and the good guy caused it because the robbers were leaving and did not use their guns until he did.

Guns are everywhere here, and I’m no longer feeling safe in stores or malls. I think we will have a decade of deaths and so many shootings that even the Republican voters start saying enough. Even now, we have so many guns that even stricter regulations will not stop the carnage. Guns are easy to get. The media’s lies and stirring up anger and hatred is what needs to be addressed.

Response to Lonestarblue (Reply #16)

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
3. There must be human sacrifices to the NRA.
Sun May 30, 2021, 10:14 PM
May 2021

Why? I don't know. I guess republicans still think they owe the NRA favors for their campaign contributions. You'd think they delivered enough for them over the decades, but I guess new blood sacrifices are expected.

patphil

(6,236 posts)
4. Criminals across Texas, and the whole nation, are celebrating this new law.
Sun May 30, 2021, 10:21 PM
May 2021

It only need's Abbott's signature, and that's a certainty.
I know this is Texas and they really hold their guns dear, but I'm still amazed at the stupidity of the Texas government.
A person can do time for armed robbery, or assault with a gun, and, when they are released it's straight off to the gun shop for re-arming.
Virtually anyone can come in from anywhere and purchase a no questions asked gun or ten.

There is no way any good can come from this.

KT2000

(20,598 posts)
5. A population living in fear
Sun May 30, 2021, 10:22 PM
May 2021

and they won't realize it. I can see a lot more ordering online rather than going into stores where any and all can open carry. Who is there to shoot the place up or just look tough.

Should parents take their children to events where anyone can be is armed? Isn't that putting children in harm's way?

keithbvadu2

(36,993 posts)
9. in harm's way? - They have plenty of thoughts and prayers.
Sun May 30, 2021, 11:07 PM
May 2021

NRA supporters would rather have dead children than gun control.

To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry profits and political donations.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/joe-the-plumber-guns_n_5397981.html

Joe The Plumber: ‘Your Dead Kids Don’t Trump My Constitutional Rights’ To Have Guns

Ironic how he chose that verb back in 2014.

azureblue

(2,155 posts)
7. the law will change right quick
Sun May 30, 2021, 10:36 PM
May 2021

when Brown and black men start open carry, and when a yahoo bigot attacks and is killed by a strapped black / brown guy. NOW BLM Marchers can march carrying what ever firearms they can get, and the cops can't do a thing about it.

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
17. Exactly.
Mon May 31, 2021, 08:59 AM
May 2021

The legislators will be falling all over themselves trying to change the law so fast. Maybe that's how we get to actually regulating gun ownership in this country!

Roy Rolling

(6,943 posts)
12. "Constitutional Carry"
Mon May 31, 2021, 02:06 AM
May 2021

The battle is lost when people use the same language as propagandists.

Every time that phrase is mentioned in media it is a victory for whoever invented such a stupid slogan.

The battle for peoples’ minds depends on recognizing the theater of war.

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
14. There is no problem this law solves.
Mon May 31, 2021, 06:20 AM
May 2021

Were there scores of legal gun owners somehow being inconvenienced by permits they qualified for? The law will create more problems than it solves by creating at least one: illegal gun owners can now blend in with the law abiding, packing heat.

With other gop laws, you could at least point to a fake problem conjured up to justify the law.

usaf-vet

(6,231 posts)
15. Perfect reason to allow everyone to carry a gun without permits.
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:59 AM
May 2021

One guy starts shooting then everybody gets in the fray. Shoot the guy with the gun...... OH WAIT everyone has a gun.... let's see who should I shoot first.

And now why wouldn't the cops wait outside until the shooting stops. And the body count is stable. I guess they will have to let God separate the good guys from the original shooter. Sound like a PLAN.

My plan, never to visit Texas ever again!

QED

(2,751 posts)
20. Flynn's attempt to incite a coup and TX gunz for all law....
Mon May 31, 2021, 09:59 AM
May 2021

How does one know what side of the civil war another is on?

kimbutgar

(21,237 posts)
21. I'm waiting for some businesses who moved to Texas to announce they are leaving the state
Mon May 31, 2021, 10:22 AM
May 2021

For the safety of their workers.

Can you imagine your company saying they’re moving to Texas and you quit because you want to keep your family safe from gun violence. It could cause a brain drain.

In the beginning of the year I packed up a rich Jewish family who was moving from Palo Alto, Ca to Austin Texas. I wonder how they did with storm in February and now with these insane gun laws and increased anti Semitic environment.

bahboo

(16,377 posts)
23. I've done a lot of work in Texas over the years...
Mon May 31, 2021, 12:25 PM
May 2021

and am seriously considering never gong back. This law is pure insanity....

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