{"id":1492336,"date":"2022-05-25T20:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T00:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492336"},"modified":"2022-05-25T20:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T00:44:56","slug":"abbott-bashes-gun-reform-says-chicago-efforts-have-proven-ineffective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-bashes-gun-reform-says-chicago-efforts-have-proven-ineffective\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott Bashes Gun Reform, Says Chicago Efforts Have Proven Ineffective"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabbott-bashes-gun-reform-says-chicago-efforts-have-proven-ineffective%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a press conference in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday that gun reform is \u201cnot a real solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are \u2018real\u2019 gun laws in Chicago, there are \u2018real\u2019 gun laws in New York, there are real gun laws in California. I hate to say this, but there are more people who are shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas,\u201d Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CcSr6DU83yk&#038;t=6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> after being asked about his stance on gun laws following the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/texas-school-shooting-witness-suspect-crashed-truck-uvalde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">school shooting<\/a>. \u201cAnd people who think that, \u2018well maybe if we can just implement some tougher gun laws, it\u2019s gonna solve it,\u2019 Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Texas Governor Greg Abbott \ud83d\udd25: \u201cI know people like to try to oversimplify this\u2026There are \u2018real gun laws\u2019 in Chicago. There are \u2018real gun laws\u2019 in NY. There are real gun laws in California\u2026[T]here are more people who were shot every wkend in Chicago than\u2026in schools in TX.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BvfUiAnAKu\">pic.twitter.com\/BvfUiAnAKu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1529528030019866626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cChicago teaches that what you\u2019re talking about is not a real solution,\u201d Abbott continued. \u201cOur job is to come up with real solutions that we can implement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott mentioned throughout the conference that he believes that the way to solve the gun issue is to focus on mental health. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/oklahoma-stalker-arrested-kevin-hern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Oklahoma Stalker Detained For Allegedly Threatening To Kill Congressman Kevin Hern And His Family)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ability of an 18-year-old to buy a long gun has been in place in the state of Texas for more than 60 years,\u201d he said earlier in the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/sick-son-of-a-bitch-beto-orourke-derails-greg-abbott-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conference<\/a>. \u201cWhy is it for the majority of those 60 years, we did not have school shootings? And why is it we do now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing that has substantially changed is the status of mental health in our communities,\u201d he added. \u201cAnybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge, period. We as a government need to find a way to target that mental health challenge and do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago is considered to have the most restrictive gun laws in the country, requiring residents to complete a 16-hour course and rejecting all out-of-state concealed carry licenses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-met-chicago-gun-laws-explainer-20171006-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>\u00a0to the Chicago tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these obstacles, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/16\/lori-lightfoot-curfew-ban-minors-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago<\/a> ended the year 2021 with a record-high 797 homicides and 3,561 shooting incidents, NBC Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/2021-ends-as-chicagos-deadliest-year-in-a-quarter-century\/2719307\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. This is a higher rate than any U.S. city, and overtakes <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/newsletters\/whatmatters\/2021\/11\/looting-san-francisco-retail-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/18\/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-progressive-policies-unsafe-major-mistakes-made\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City<\/a> by at least 300 murders, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>New York also touts itself for strict gun laws, as a citizen wishing to buy a firearm is required to be at least 21 and must get a separate license in order to purchase a rifle, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycitylens.com\/wp-content\/guns\/new-york-city-and-its-gun-laws-how-strict-are-they\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to NY City Lens. Although New York Mayor Eric Adams has made gun control his priority, New York has seen a 40% <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/04\/eric-adams-nyc-violent-crime-guns-face-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surge<\/a> in homicides over the past two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a press conference in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday that gun reform is \u201cnot a real solution.\u201d\u201cThere are \u2018real\u2019 gun laws in Chicago, there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":838,"featured_media":1492355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1492355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}