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Office of the Governor - Web Mail Correspondence OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - WEB MAIL CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence ID: 201908050163 E Date Submitted: 8/5/2019 8:30:33AM Message: The sitting president is filled with hate speech he routinely and continuously spills to his thirsty and adoring followers. He incites racism and intolerance and now in the wake of 20 people being slaughtered in my state, my home, my great Texas, where are my representatives? Where are you? Are you fighting for your constituents? Are you fighting against odds and the NRA to insure this never happens again in our Texas? The second time in how many months have you let this happen? You should be ashamed. To be owned by this president, by the NRAs dirty blood money. Every time you send a reply email to me and to those who write to you BEGGING for gun reform with a soft and condescending refusal you fill your hands with the blood of young and old brown black and white. We are Texans we are Americans and we are dying. In Walmarts and in churches in movie theaters at concerts in restaurants in schools were dying and our president laughs with white supremacists at his rallies and for all the world to see on his Twitter. What will you do? Will you stand up and fight for us for our state for our country for our lives? Or will you be voted out and left to be a stain in the history books; lessons taught in Texas Government classes about the cowardly complacent Lt. governor or congressman or senator or governor. Will you continue to be an embarrassment letting your people die in crowded places or will you support common sense gun laws? I hope you love this state and its beautiful diverse population as much as I do. I hope your position of power lets you seek an end to this hateful intolerance and injustice any way you can. I hope together we can end senseless gun violence. NAR per D. Keith. Expressed Opinion. 8/21/19 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - WEB MAIL CORRESPONDENCE Name: Correspondence ID: IP Address: Incoming Type: 201908050161 Address: Date Submitted: 8/5/2019 8:30:32AM Email: Phone: Message: What are you going to do? 100 Texans in ten years dead to mass shootings. Your actions are required, your prayers are worthless. What are you doing to do? NAR per D. Keith. Expressed Opinion. 8/21/19 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - WEB MAIL CORRESPONDENCE Name: Correspondence ID: IP Address: Incoming Type: 201908050162 Address: Date Submitted: Email: Phone: Message: Since you are completely unfit to come up with any other idea than "thoughts and prayers," here are a few from a constituent who is absolutely done with this shit. 1) The monetary cost of mass shootings needs to be absorbed by the tax payers. This means medical coverage of those hurt, and therapy for everyone affected. It is absurd that you can be shot in a terrorist event and then become bankrupt from the medical bills. Until we are forced to pay for what we have let society become, this will continue to be kicked down the road. 2) Background checks on all weapon purchases and actual enforcement of the laws currently being ignored for fear of morons' "right to bear arms." It is too damn easy for insane people to get guns, and the guns that are available should be made for one purpose and that is hunting. Enforce regulation, and close down every damn pawn shop and store who does otherwise. 3) Regulate ammunition sales like it is heroin. You can own all the guns you want, but the bullets to kill people need to be locked away. If a person is forced to make their own bullets to pull this off, they will much more likely abandon the task or come to the realization that they are in fact a monster. 4) Stop with the thoughts and prayers. Even Jesus followed up with action. Do your damn job and keep your damn constituents safe. If you are open to coming up with actual action, and actual legislation to combat these issues I welcome the discussion. If all you have to offer is thoughts and prayers be ready to find a new job come elections because you are not doing your damn job. Sincerely, a tired pissed-off constituent. NAR per D. Keith. Expressed Opinion. 8/21/19 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - WEB MAIL CORRESPONDENCE Name: Correspondence ID: IP Address: Incoming Type: 201908050334 E Address: Date Submitted: 8/5/2019 9:05:31AM Email: Phone: Message: Mr. Abbott, I am from El Paso. I think it is fair to say as an elected official you have a responsibility to help prevent events like we experienced yesterday, from happening again anywhere. I am asking you to work to help ban assault weapons in the United States. I also ask that you loudly and publicly condemn racism and hatred. Thank you, Moeen Abedin NAR per D. Keith. Expressed Opinion. 8/21/19 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - WEB MAIL CORRESPONDENCE Name: Correspondence ID: IP Address: Incoming Type: 201908050520 E Date Submitted: 8/5/2019 9:44:40AM Email: Message: Please ban the AK47, assault weapons and weapons of battle from private citizens. When the founding fathers wrote the second amendment they had no idea such horrible weapons would be invented. How many more innocent people must die? How can any of us claim to be Christian and support such weapons of mass destruction. It totally contradicts Jesus teaching of love and peace. We cannot use mental illness as an excuse, there is no way to predict who will become mentally ill so please do the right thing and ban assault weapons and AK47 and other such mass weapons of war. Also we need to stop allowing small dingy private stores from selling guns. Here in Houston such stores are robbed all the time and the guns get into the hands of criminals. Gun sales should be allowed only by licensed super secure facilities that will prevent break-ins and thieves. No law abiding citizen of the United States needs to fear background checks. We cannot have any more mass shootings. Please do not cave in to the NRA. This does not hurt the second amendment. If you are a normal mentally healthy citizen why should you fear background checks. No other country in the world deals with this epidemic of gun violence as we do in the USA. If you are pro-life how can you be against checks needed to reduce gun violence. This is also a matter of saving life. I generally vote Republican but I want Gun control. We need to ban Assault weapon and other weapons of war and we need more background checks and we need more controls on the sale of guns and weapons. Please have the courage to do the right thing and ban assault weapons and weapons of war. No citizen needs it. NAR per D. Keith. Expressed Opinion. 8/21/19 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - WEB MAIL CORRESPONDENCE Name: Correspondence ID: IP Address: Incoming Type: 201908050081 E Address: Date Submitted: 8/5/2019 8:24:38AM Email: Phone: Message: There has been yet another mass shooting. This time in Texas by a white supremacist who drinks the MAGA koolaid and decided to shoot up a border town. Do NOT give us your "thoughts and prayers". Do NOT tell us that "this isn't the time for a discussion on gun control." Do NOT fail us AGAIN. Do your damn jobs! Speak up against Trump's racist, hate filled rhetoric that is radicalizing white males. Lead the charge to pass sensible gun reform legislation. This blood is on your hands as much as the shooters. These deaths are a result of your inaction. You are the pro life party? Then prove it. Otherwise, may God have mercy on you, because you are doing nothing to live up to your oaths or the ideals of this country. NAR per D. Keith. Expressed Opinion. 8/21/19 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - WEB MAIL CORRESPONDENCE Name: Correspondence ID: IP Address: Incoming Type: 201908050653 E Address: Date Submitted: 8/5/2019 10:05:27AM Email: Phone: Message: Had enough Cripple Abbott. You have blood in your hands today in El Paso. All the NRA crazies are now coming out of hiding due to idiot Trump and your support for chaos in Texas. Sensible gun control is the ONLY way to go. 2 guns per person max, one for self defense and one for sport, no automatics or semis or silencer. Gun registration and a full mandatory check on ALL gun purchases including gun shows no private gun sales. Try this your moron. You idiot cripple and that lunatic Trump. NAR per D. Keith. Expressed Opinion. 8/21/19 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - WEB MAIL CORRESPONDENCE Name: Correspondence ID: E Date Submitted: 8/5/2019 8:52:37AM Email: Message: Your comments about focusing on mental health in the wake of the El Paso shooting is ill-informed. Such shooters are sociopaths; they have personality disorders. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders informs us that such conditions are basically NOT treatable, especially because such persons are manipulative and have no consciences. Sounds like Trump, right? Also you Republicans have cut mental health spending. What hypocrites. Gun control is the way to go but you Republicans sold your souls to the NRA and gun manufacturers. You and Trump have the blood of these gun victims on your heads. Trump incited this violence.
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