We only get a say in certain elections. Obviously, those include state and local government, but we just get to pick one representative for the House and our two senators, and we don’t get to pick both of them at the same time most years.
But the truth is that the decisions elsewhere have massive implications not just for those people, but for us. I’m not the only one who remembers Sen. John Cornyn cozying up with Joe Biden to pass gun control, after all. I don’t get to vote to remove Cornyn from office, but his presence created problems for the rest of us.
And it seems Texas Gun Rights is well aware of this fact. But they also make a good point about how even their runoff elections can have national implications.
Texas Gun Rights says the fight starts in the May 26 runoff election — and continues into November’s midterm elections.
The organization argues that turning out pro-gun voters now is critical to building the kind of political momentum necessary to stop federal gun control before it becomes reality.
That’s why Texas Gun Rights PAC has endorsed:
- Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate
- Chip Roy for Attorney General
- Bo French for Railroad Commissioner
- Thomas Smith for Criminal Court of Appeals
According to TXGR, these candidates are best positioned to energize and mobilize pro-gun voters heading into November and help defeat the national gun ban agenda before it gains more ground in Washington.
“Gun owners cannot afford to sit out these elections thinking Texas is automatically safe,” said Chris McNutt, President of Texas Gun Rights. “The federal gun confiscation agenda is accelerating, and if anti-gun politicians regain power next year, these bills are ready to go. And as Texas goes, so goes the nation.”
Texas Gun Rights says the answer is simple: organize, vote, and fight back now — before these bills ever reach a president’s desk.
Basically, if Republicans think gun owners will stay home, they might well decide to start negotiating our gun rights away, so Texas is the next opportunity to warn them that we’re still around.
It makes a lot of sense, especially with a bill seeking to infect the rest of the nation with Virginia’s recent gun control laws. The last thing we need is for that to take hold to any degree, and if Republicans feel like they need to cross the aisle in order to stay relevant, that’s bad. That’s what Cornyn did, and that’s part of why his name isn’t on that list.
On the upside, the fact that Brandon Herrera’s name isn’t up there is for a good reason, since anti-gun Tony Gonzales is out of the race, thus negating the need for a runoff after all. I just had to put that out there because I’m still giggling about that. If only it hadn’t taken a tragedy to make it happen.
Anywho…
If you’re in Texas, step up and take care of business on May 26th. Make your voice heard and make it clear that gun control has no place in Texas or anywhere else in the United States. It’s on you this month.
In November, it’s on everyone.
Editor’s Note: The radical Left will stop at nothing to enact their radical gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights.
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