No gun control after Allen mall mass shooting, GovAbbott tells Fox News
What we know about the shooting at Allen Premium Outlets mall“We’ve seen an increased number of shootings in states with easy gun laws as well as states with very strict gun laws,” he said. “I think that the state in which the largest number of victims occurred this year is in California, where they have very tough gun laws.”
There have been 91 people killed or injured in mass shootings in California this year, compared to 90 in Texas, according to dataTexas has had the most mass shootings of any state in the country so far this year. Abbott will be visiting Allen on Sunday to “begin the process of providing hope and healing,” he said. “Our main priority right now is to help and support those families and the Allen community.”. Allie has covered Texas politics since 2017 and written about everything from tax policy to child protection. She previously worked for the San Antonio Express-News and in New Hampshire, as the statehouse reporter for the Concord Monitor.
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