I support Gov. Abbott. He used common sense. During this difficult time would be bad idea to attend the NRA affair. We don't need to be arguing about gun control, we need to be discussing addressing mental illness.What kind of person kills children???

Gov. Abbott is a very good man.

100% this.

We have a society in freefall that's coming apart at the seams. One freak in a country of 330 million. Hard to believe the devastation one person can unleash.

Abbott has bigger fish to fry than nra. He better focus on who lied to him yesterday.

Governor Abbot is working on getting to bottom of the problem. I am sure he is working 24 hrs a day for the next month re-writing the police hand book and training on a hostage situation. I will give him a pass on the NRA convention this time but I hope he makes it a point to speak next year. MD

There is a lot of mental illness all over the world and not near the shootings we have here. Just saying. Mental illness should not be the fall back position for keeping my right to bear arms. If dozens of armed security persons can't take down one armed intruder, how do we expect our resouces to and our agencies etc. to find all these mentally ill persons if we have not done well so far? To me using mental illness is a weak argument over the longer term of time. We can't even define it let alone search out, find and find suitable outcomes for the millions of people that could well be.

Bryce

I agree. The left is out for blood, they smell it in the water and it seems events are conspiring against us at every turn. Emotions have the upper hand.

Abbot is just like every other politician tells you what you want to hear .when things get heavy or heated he hides in the corner . But the other idiots who are trying to take his job are even worse .

So what's your suggestion?