Abbott: 78 Texas Districts Not Meeting Safety Standards
In the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shooting, Attorney General Greg Abbott has publicly rebuked 78 Texas school districts that have failed to meet state-mandated safety measures.
Abbott said Monday that he had told the districts — a small percentage of the state's 1,025 total and, with a few exceptions, primarily small, rural schools — that his office expects them to immediately comply with state law.
"Every day they are not in compliance, they are putting kids at greater risk," Abbott said at a news conference in Austin.
The attorney general said he was "shocked to learn" of the ...
Comments (14)
Arthur M. Thomas IV via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Then he should quit forcing them to go there.
David A Johnson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Until every single child is armed with a handgun to protect themselves, our schools will never be safe.
Candyce Byrne via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I sure hope you're being snarky, David.
Richard Salvucci via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yeah, Louie Gomert is his safety advisor.
Chris Jonsson
Da ya think that might have something to do with budget cuts and anti-government, anti-union actions?
That and ignorance?
Christina Jonsson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Da ya think that might have something to do with budget cuts and anti-government, anti-union actions?
That and ignorance?
Sonora Hartley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
And he just now noticed this?
Bambi Clark via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You are forgetting the defunding of education and dreaming of more positions.
Lindsay Siriko via Texas Tribune on Facebook
We support Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General........Folks !
Bill Asher
There is a greater chance of a teacher having improper sexual relationships with the students than a repeat of Newtown. The threat is within.
Lori Trammell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Responsible adults should not be restricted from carrying anywhere .. And guns free zones should be eliminated.
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The GOP's solution to everything is unlimited guns, less regulation, decreased taxes, defunding public services. Hasn't worked out too well in my opinion. When in the hell are Texans going to WAKE UP?
Lindsay Siriko via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I agree. .... Wake up........Texas schools !
David Spratt
1. You could possibly remove all firearms from the country,,, from law abiding citizens after a time. The criminals will never give them up and there will always be a black market and smuggling of firearms,, the same we see in drugs.
2. After removing these firearms criminal activity will not stop. In fact it probably would increase as there would be a greater certainty on the part of the criminal that his victim would not be armed.
3. There is a myth firearms are bad and the presence of them is the causal effect of what is happening. If this is true then one would expect places that have the greatest concentrations of firearms to have the most violence.. When has a mass shooting ever happened at a gun show ?
One would expect that the great concentration of crazed gun owners at gun shows would erupt in gun battles on a regular basis. To my knowledge this has never happened.
4. Disarm the general public and they will be safer.. MYTH Firearms won the west and Samuel Colt made all men equal. Consider the 100 lb female walking at night and a rapist assaults her. Having a handgun AND being trained makes her equal to any 240lb attacker. Would the people that oppose personal gun ownership and concealed carry laws rather have her go at it in hand to hand combat with a Bowie knife?
All Citizens who value their lives and those of the people around them would have to arm themselves in other ways if firearms were made illegal. Crime would not go away and criminals would not stop committing crimes for lack of a gun. Some of you chose to go around unarmed and rely on law enforcement to protect you and just rely on the odds that you will never need a firearm. Most people never will, but a great many will need one at some time in their lives and many more will wish they would have had one. Nobody counts on having to defend themselves everyday when they leave their homes or are in their homes thinking they are safe. But the reality is it could happen .
I would say that many people killed by criminals in their last moments on earth wished they had a gun,,, and they never considered it could happen to them. Better to have one and never need it than need it and not have it. There are evil people in the world and they will not go away if guns go away. These people target places they know people are unlikely to be armed. Putting up signs saying that the area is a gun free zone invites them to commit their crimes . Put a sign on a bank saying there are no alarms, no armed guards, and no security and you would see that bank targeted over the others . This is common sense.
The same argument was used to try and keep airline pilots from carrying firearms as is being made to keep them out of schools and other places. You are trusting a pilot to fly you in an airplane and not crash into the ground but not to carry a handgun to possibly defend the plane ??? People with CHL's are trained and anyone not having the wherewithal to use that weapon properly should the situation call for it should not carry one. Problems from properly trained people are rare.
Bottom line is had the principle been able to have a handgun the possibility of these children being killed would have been reduced and could have been stopped. Guns are around and not going anywhere anytime soon. Wishing them to go away and wishing all people were kindhearted , everyone was sane , and criminal thought never happens is not realistic The world is not a perfect world and will never be one.
If you do not want one then fine,,,,, take your chances,,,, but do not try and prevent others from protecting themselves and their families from criminals and having a better chance of survival should the need arise.