Texas was supposed to make schools safer to stop another shooting like Uvalde

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In a country awash with guns and a powerful gun lobby, Texas' leaders have long touted their fealty to the Second Amendment.
50% : "You could say that I signed into law today some laws that protect gun rights, but today, I signed documents that instill freedom in the Lone Star State," Abbott said last year at a signing of seven of those bills.
44% : The draft included five items that peripherally addressed the issue, including:Requiring mandatory reporting for lost or stolen guns;Asking Senate and House leaders to issue an interim charge "to consider the merits of adopting a red flag law allowing law enforcement, a family member, school employee, or a district attorney to file a petition seeking the removal of firearms from a potentially dangerous person, only after legal due process is provided";Modify the existing firearm storage law, requiring parents to secure firearms for those under 18;And creating a 48-hour timeline for protective orders and information from mental health adjudications to be available to the federal firearms reporting database, shortening the existing 30-day process.
37% : While the changes to school security were many in the aftermath of Santa Fe, there was one area where state lawmakers were silent: gun laws.

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