After a second mass shooting in the Miami-area left two dead and more than 20 injured, Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo argued Sunday that rising gun violence must be met with serious prison time for those prohibited from possessing firearms – while “firearms belong in the hands of law-abiding Americans.”
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Miami police chief calls new Texas handgun measure ridiculous
Washington Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo, who used to lead the Houston Police Department, called a new measure approved by the Texas state Legislature that would allow people to carry handguns without a license ridiculous and urged Governor Greg Abbott to veto the bill. There s something that God gave us and that is common sense, and common sense tells us that that is ridiculous, Acevedo said in an interview with Face the Nation when asked about the legislation.
Abbott, a Republican, is expected to sign the measure approved by the GOP-led Legislature last week that further loosens gun restrictions in the state. The bill allows people to carry handguns in public without a license, background check or training.
A San Jose workplace mass shooting came on the heels of two similar incidents in Indiana and Texas, prompting US President Joe Biden to renew calls for passing tougher.
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