Overview

• California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized Texas Governor Greg Abbott for failing to mention Texas' high gun death rate while attacking California's gun control laws.
• Newsom pointed out that Texas' gun death rate is 73% higher than California's and that Abbott's statement accidentally supports the need for federal gun safety laws.
• Abbott argued that gun violence affects all states, regardless of gun laws, after a mass shooting in a Dallas mall.
• California has an "A" grade for gun law strength and ranks 43rd in gun death rate, while Texas received an "F" grade and ranks 27th.
• The Allen, Texas mass shooting was one of over 200 mass shootings in America this year, with 14,780 people killed in gun violence.