Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s response on Twitter to Obama saying he will be imposing more gun control – “COME AND TAKE IT.”
The Texas Governor who himself graced the front of a Texas Monthly magazine cover armed with a shotgun, tweeted, “Obama wants to impose more gun control. My response.#? COME AND TAKE IT @NRA #tcot #PJNET”
His tweet which includes a “COME AND TAKE IT” flag has gone viral. The flag, also known as the “Gonzales Flag,” is an iconic symbol of Texas independence. The flag was originally flown during a battle in Gonzales, Texas, in 1835 during the lead up to the Texas war of independence from Mexico.
The governor attached to his tweet The Washington Post article “Obama plans curbs on guns.” The article stated that the President will meet Monday with U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and will thereafter announce his executive actions on gun control. Obama made this statement during his weekly radio address, released a day earlier than usual thePost reported.
The article said that one of those reforms is likely to “require some unlicensed gun dealers to get licenses and conduct background checks on potential buyers.”
The tweet by the Texas governor has received 2.6K retreets, and 2.8 likes, as of the time of publication.
Prior to being elected governor, Abbott was the longest serving attorney general in the Lone Star state’s history. In that capacity he sued President Obama 31 times, including leading the way for the fight against the President’s unlawful executive order on amnesty.
As reported by Breitbart Texas, on the first day after he won the election for Governor, Abbott vowed he would sign an open carry bill if the Texas Legislature sent one to his desk. The Texas Governor tweeted, “I’m warming up my signing pen: Texas Legislature Ready to Move Forward on Open Carry Bill” and attached Breitbart Texas’ Bob Price’s article.
Breitbart Texas was at the Texas Capitol on January 1 when Second Amendment advocates were there to celebrate the first day of open carry in Texas, as reported.
Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was reported to have said that “President Obama is trying to distract Americans from his failure to address the true threat of radical Islamic terrorism, and instead going after the rights of law-abiding American citizens — it is complete lunacy. If Ted Cruz is elected president, the lawlessness will end on Day One, and Americans’ personal liberties will be restored and protected.”
Read the Original Article at Breitbart Texas
According to the poll, 19 percent of the gun owners had just a single gun….but single guns are for wimps. If you’re going to be a gun owner, then be a gun owner: 44 percent owned from two to five guns.
Twenty percent — one in five Texan gun owners — packed more than five guns. Most ominously of all, 17 percent of those polled answered “prefer not to say.” We assume that last group also has an impressive collection of beans, jugs of water and many non-perishable foods.
Why do they own (so, so many) guns? The poll showed 44 percent cited “protection” and 19 percent hunting or sport shooting. Fair enough.
But let’s do some extrapolating. There were 13,646,226 Texans who voted in 2012.
The poll says 44 percent of Texas voters, or a family member, own a gun — that would be a little over six million people. (Yikes.)
Of that 44 percent, two percent — a little over 120,000 Texans — said the reason they own a gun is “Second Amendment right,” to quote the poll exactly.
One hundred twenty thousand Texans own a gun simply to make a constitutional point?
Texas, our Texas, all hail the mighty state.
(Note: All advanced math skills learned from Sr. Agnes Mary, a nun universally known as “Crazy Aggie,” so don’t blame me for mistakes.)
http://www.houstonpress.com/news/how-many-texans-own-guns-a-whole-freakin-lot-poll-shows-6720585
I will make this short and sweet, as I could wax poetical on the 2nd amendment all day:
The Second Amendment wasn’t designed to protect our right to hunt deer… it protects our right to “hunt” tyrants!
Glad to know Texas has a counterpart to AZ’s Sheriff Joe.
I only hope when the heat gets turned up he doesn’t fold…politicians are mostly talk I have found, but maybe Abbott will break the mold.
Sherif Joe is one very tough man! He will NOT back down…neither will Texas.
It would be HIGHLY unusual if Abbott broke the mold.
Let us only Hope and Pray. The Great Republic of Texas is the last bastion of true Freedom in a country gone insane.