Despite Texas' spate of recent mass shootings, lawmakers 'continue to sit on their hands and refuse to enact foundational gun safety laws,' according to the report. Texas GregAbbott TexasLegislature guncontrol GunReform Uvalde UvaldeMassacre
study from earlier this year
The analysis, conducted by reform group Everytown for Gun Safety, put the Lone Star State at No. 34 in comparison to regulations adopted by other states. With a rate of 12.7 deaths annually per 100,000 people, Texas also had the 28th-highest rate of gun deaths in the U.S., according to the report. Despite Texas' history of mass shootings, which also include the 2019 El Paso and 2017 Sutherland Springs massacres, lawmakers"continue to sit on their hands and refuse to enact foundational gun safety laws," according to Everytown's study."To the contrary, the laws passed in recent years have torn down existing protections."
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