The governor of Texas on June 1 called for legislators to convene to examine possible changes in the law following the elementary school shooting that left 21 dead, in addition to the shooter.
Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, asked Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan to each 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 wrote in a letter to Patrick and Phelan, who are also Republicans….