Pro-Second Amendments students from across Texas are encouraging Gov. Greg Abbott to consider their views when drafting public policy affecting school safety.
A letter was sent by March 4 Our Rights organizers and signed by over 150 students statewide. It was sent in response to an expensive gun control advertisement which ran in the Houston Chronicle following the shooting at a Santa Fe high school.
The full-page chronicle ad was paid for by a Michael Bloomberg funded gun-control group based in New York City.
The letter says students in Texas are sick of well-funded, out-of-state groups advocating for policies which will only disarm law-abiding people while doing nothing to stop criminals and deranged individuals from inflicting terror.
Below is a copy of the letter:
Honorable Governor Greg Abbott
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
Dear Governor Abbott, June 1, 2018
We are a group of pro-Second Amendment Texan students who are writing to ensure that our viewpoint is considered when public policy to protect our schools is drafted and debated. We want to make sure you know we don’t agree with billionaire Michael Bloomberg or any of the gun control organizations and activities that he financially supports. And we don’t want laws that only punish law-abiding gun owners and criminals will ignore. Criminals will keep breaking laws and we will remain unprotected.
A Bloomberg-affiliated group recently took out an ad in the Houston Chronicle, criticizing you and Texas lawmakers for supporting pro-Second Amendment policies and forrejecting their misguided gun control schemes. While we might lack the ability to finance a similar response, we do have a voice. We are students of Texas and we want ourparents, our teachers, and our law enforcement officers to have a voice in making our schools safer, not the gun control lobby.
We are tired of these organizations exploiting tragedies to justify their call for more restrictions on our rights. We are fed-up with them using terms like “safety” and “common sense” as smoke screens for their efforts to disarm honest people. We need less of their anti-Second Amendment rhetoric and more focus on actual school safety solutions.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully,
Xena Amirani, Chairwoman, March for Our Rights
Kristy Ybarra, Houston March for Our Rights Director
Juan Echeverry, Houston March for Our Rights Organizer
Caiden Anderson, Houston March for Our Rights Organizer
Domingue Young, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Logan Hausser, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Cole Campbell, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Evan Lawrence, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Tyler Lyons, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Sarah Read, San Antonio Students for Our Rights Member
Evan Carlson, El Paso Students for Our Rights Member
Daniel Garza, Corpus Christi Students for Our Rights Member
Nathaniel Murdock, Corpus Christi Students for Our Rights Member
Rowland Soto, Santa Fe Students for Our Rights Member
Zachary Teel, Katy Students for Our Rights Member
Reagan Hardy, Lubbock Students for Our Rights Member
William Hodge, Amarillo March for Our Rights Organizer
Austin Duplantis, Keller Students for Our Rights Member
Luke Ford, Amarillo Students for Our Rights Member
Thomas Montano, Canyon Lake Students for Our Rights Member
Wesley Clendennen, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Aaron Estredge, Gatesville Students for Our Rights Member
Caleb Mofley, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Andrew Moore, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Laco Testing, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Connor Schuerg Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Isaac Funes, San Antonio Students for Our Rights Member
Halli Lambert, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Caleb Hebdon, Austin Students for Our Rights Member
Karenina Urquieta, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Kyle Temmen, Aransas Pass Students for Our Rights Member
Matthew Schaefer, Katy Students for Our Rights Member
David Dryden, Parker Students for Our Rights Member
Must Alborageef, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Michael Joseph Cardenas, McAllen Students for Our Rights Member
Evan Baker, San Antonio Students for Our Rights Member
Krissa Liu, Dallas Students for Our Rights Member
Samuel Cruz, Katy Students for Our Rights Member
Hayden Walls, Tyler Students for Our Rights Member
Joshua Hernandez, Huntsville Students for Our Rights Member
Izzy Aimone, San Antonio Students for Our Rights Member
Alex Flanders, Fort Worth Students for Our Rights Member
Elijah Zapatka, Hurst Students for Our Rights Member
Garrett Schindler, New Braunfels Students for Our Rights Member
Alexander Anderson, Austin Students for Our Rights Member
Ben Fugate, Arlington Students for Our Rights Member
Abel Varghese, Austin Students for Our Rights Member
Sofia Murillo, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Devon Hahn, Cibolo Students for Our Rights Member
Colton Wilcox, Austin Students for Our Rights Member
Chance Hyslip, Dallas March for Our Rights Member
Caroline Billings, Fulshear Students for Our Rights Member
Catherine Allison, Dallas Students for Our Rights Member
Jacob Davis, Deer Park Students for Our Rights Member
Samuel Weddington, Amarillo Students for Our Rights Member
Candace Allen, Sabinal Students for Our Rights Member
Adam Powell, Lake Jackson Students for Our Rights Member
Miranda Sandoval, San Antonio Students for Our Rights Member
Vicky Duarte, Lake Jackson Students for Our Rights Member
Ethan Constantino, San Antonio Students for Our Rights Member
Chris Ochoa Los Fresnos Students for Our Rights Member
Michael Espaillat Pembroke Pines Students for Our Rights Member
Malik Perera, Carrollton Students for Our Rights Member
Amir Sarzaeim, Belton Students for Our Rights Member
Tristan Frederick, Dallas Students for Our Rights Member
Caroline Phelps, Fort Worth Students for Our Rights Member
Ian Nelson, Longview Students for Our Rights Member
Jose de Luna, Eaglepass Students for Our Rights Member
Gavin Byrne, Flower Mound Students for Our Rights Member
Hannah Jeffrey, Montgomery Students for Our Rights Member
Alexander Cortes, Dallas Students for Our Rights Member
Sonya Kao, Arlington Students for Our Rights Member
Bryce Harris, Mansfield Students for Our Rights Member
Adolfo Garza, Mission Students for Our Rights Member
Zane Perkins, Dallas Students for Our Rights Member
Drew Watson, Big Sandy Students for Our Rights Member
Natalie Grace Prideaux, Austin Students for Our Rights Member
Even Brunner, Dallas Students for Our Rights Member
Ryan Hernandez, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Arturo Villegas, Granbury Students for Our Rights Member
Mason Gopffarth, Mineral Wells Students for Our Rights Member
Reiland Eubank, Denison Students for Our Rights Member
Justin Bossert, Galveston Students for Our Rights Member
Sebastian Miller, Austin Students for Our Rights Member
Fabian Figueroa, San Antonio Students for Our Rights Member
Jay DeWitt, Waco Students for Our Rights Member
Connor David Stone, El Paso Students for Our Rights Member
Patrick Silva Floresville Students for Our Rights Member
Sanjuanita Gonzalez, Baytown Students for Our Rights Member
Gavin Cano, Pearland Students for Our Rights Member
Roman Miller, Keller Students for Our Rights Member
Thomas Cranek, San Antonio Students for Our Rights Member
Weston Peterson, Austin Students for Our Rights Member
Mark Hotchkiss, Dallas Students for Our Rights Member
Matthew Perez, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Mike Rosales, El Paso, Students for Our Rights Member
Cade Bartels, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Anna Gullion, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Nick Hamilton, Houston Students for Our Rights Member
Jeremy Shedd, Fort Worth Students for Our Rights Member
Kolbe Hatz, Pearland Students for Our Rights Member
Noel Navarro, Waco, TX
Margaret Errickson, Houston, TX
Quentin Richards, College Station, TX
Chris Fimbrez, Fort Worth, TX
William Downie, Killeen, TX
Lesley Tribble, Manvel, TX
Jackson Wohlenhaus, Austin, TX
Travis Christoff, Wichita Falls, TX
Jillian Bliss, Austin, TX
McKenna Dallmeyer, Cedar Park, TX
Savan Cleveland, Nacogdoches, TX
Julio Chavez, Houston, TX
Noah Ratcliffe, Woodlands, TX
Gabriella Tanon, Forney, TX
Jack Klosek, Houston, TX
Amy King, Corpus Christ, TX
Charles Jones, Texas City, TX
Elijah Jones, Fort Worth, TX
Bryce P, Austin TX
Jack Shenkman, Austin, TX.
Mark Truty, Denton, TX
Malachi Rose, Mansfield, TX
Stephanie Laynez, Houston, TX
Victoria Schott, Houston, TX
Paul Ochoa, Houston, TX
Hunter Rider, Groves, TX
Stone Sutton, Lubbock, TX
Chris Bieser, West University Place, TX
Karl Miller, Forth Worth, TX
Patrick, San Antonio, TX
Analisa Apaez, San Antonio, TX
Kristine H, Austin, TX
Analisa Apaez, San Antonio, TX
Trevor Ramey, Houston, TX
Tristan Byrd, Fortworth, TX
Brandon Lewis, San Antonio, TX
Lucas Baer, Austin TX
Wayne Goodwyn, Dallas, TX
Hector Herrera, Wimberley, TX
Sanjuanita González, Baytown, TX
Nick Kramer, Houston, TX
Brandon Phemester, Midland, TX
Ruben Spencer, Pittsburg, TX
Spencer Thurman, Whitehouse, TX
James Tatsch, Prosper, TX
Oliver Steffensen, Flower Mound, TX
Myles Miller, New Braunfels, TX
Andrew Vasquez, San Antonio, TX
Anthony M, Texarkana, TX
Kason Walker, Shallowater, TX
Alec Zahir, Grand Prairie, TX
Grant F, Houston, TX
Ray Salas, San Antonio TX
Matthew Dematos, Huntsville, TX
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Source: March 4 Our Rights
