The question moving forward is whether Democrats, outnumbered in the Texas Legislature, will be able to raise the pressure enough to force action. Texas GunControl GunReform Uvalde UvaldeMassacre GregAbbott BetoORourke
on Friday at the organization’s annual conference in Houston that they were unwilling to support any new gun restrictions.
Owens said that given voter support for Republicans in the state, GOP lawmakers won’t feel a need to make changes unless polling starts indicating that voter feelings toward mass shootings and the state’s response to them are becoming more negative. David Thomason, a political scientist at St. Edward’s University, said Democrats would have to be careful about their approach if they want to win over the Texas public. The party would need buy-in from independent voters and Republicans, some of whom support limited gun control measures. Sixty percent of independent voters said they disagreed that state leaders had done enough to prevent mass shootings in last year’s UT-Tyler poll.
Thomason also said the Democrats would have to strike the right tone in persuading pro-gun Texans to push for gun control measures. He said O’Rourke’s updating the public on the shooting would probably play against him in many parts of the state he needs to win over.
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