A Texas Democrat on Sunday said that stricter gun control measures likely would not have curbed the mass shooting at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday that left eight people dead.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), whose district includes areas near the Texas-Mexico border, said that officials should first determine what led to the mass shooting. In an interview with Fox News, Cuellar stated that “there’s always telltale signs before, there’s indicators [we] should have looked out for.”
But stricter gun laws probably would have done little, he argued, noting that Democrat-run states with more stringent gun-control measures have seen mass shootings in recent months….