Trump spoke at the Houston event three days after the Uvalde school shooting.
The state’s top lawmakers, including Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, expressed openness to slight restrictions in the immediate wake of mass shootings in 2018 and 2019, only to drop those ideas later. In 2021, during the first legislative session after a mass shooting in El Paso left 23 dead, the Texas Legislature passed a“We need to drastically change our approach to mental health,” Trump said.
As part of that overhaul, Trump said buildings should have a “single” point of entry, strong fencing and metal detectors. Every school also needs armed officers, and trained teachers should carry concealed weapons, he added. Trump’s suggestion that school buildings should have just one entrance echoes calls from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz earlier this week. School and safety experts say that such a measure is unrealistic, as many schools have thousands of individuals who could take hours to go in and out of buildings. As a result, a single entrance could also pose a fire hazard. Older schools would also need to spend significant money renovating their buildings to meet such a standard.
“In the absence of a member of law enforcement, there is no one you would rather have nearby when a crisis strikes than an armed expertly trained member of the NRA,” Trump said. During the speech, Trump also praised Jack Wilson, a churchgoer who shot and killed a shooter at a church in White Settlement in 2019. Wilson, who Trump invited to give remarks on stage, was able to carry a concealed weapon after the Texas Legislature passed a
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