The governor of Texas on June 1 called for legislators to convene to examine issues that include school and firearm safety, mental health, and police training following the elementary school shooting in Uvalde that left 21 dead, in addition to the shooter.
Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, asked Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and state House Speaker Dade Phelan each to convene a special legislative committee.
“I request that these committees review what steps previous legislatures have enacted, what resources the State has made available to local school districts, and make recommendations to the Legislature and the Executive Branch so that meaningful action can be made on, among other things, the following topics to prevent future school shootings: school safety, mental health, social media, police training, firearm safety,” Abbott said in a letter to Patrick and Phelan, who are also Republicans….
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