Tragedy in Allen, Texas continues to ignite gun control debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : In the explosive debate about Second Amendment rights, some, such as Kolasinski, see little purpose in emphasizing statistics surrounding gun related deaths.
57% : "The gun death numbers are now explicitly irrelevant to the debate over the Second Amendment, as they always have been for all other constitutional rights," Kolasinski said.
46% : A momentous movement enacted by parents of Uvalde victims, gun control advocates and bipartisan members of the Texas House set out to raise the age limit to purchase an AR-style weapon to 21.
42% : "It would be better for both sides to embrace that the Second Amendment is here to stay, as are all the weapons."
40% : "It is time for politicians to move on and respect the Second Amendment."
36% : Texas Governor Greg Abbott, remains concrete in his stance towards gun control, deciding to stray further away from adopting more progressive policies on firearms by doing away with former laws.
24% : Abbott has notoriously embraced a hands-off approach to gun control, stating his focus remains on what he identifies as the "root cause" of gun violence, being mental health issues, which he expressed on Fox News following the events in Allen.

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