上周六于 Oddesa 发生的随机枪案，36岁的杀人犯 Seth Aaron Ator 先是驾车随机对路过车辆开枪，随后劫持一辆邮政货车，开到当地一电影院外停车场，与警方进行激烈枪战，最后遭警击毙，酿成5人死亡、21人受伤惨案。
德州州长 Greg Abbott 于周日在个人推特上发言：Not only Odessa gunman have a criminal history...he also previously failed a gun purchase background check in Texas....& he didn’t go thru a background check for the gun he used in Odessa...We must keep guns out of criminals’ hands.
与上个月才在 El Paso 发生的 Walmart 随机杀人枪案，他的留言明显雷同。身为支持合法拥枪枝法的他，对文中所说的“ We must keep guns out of criminals’ hands”是否有任何更具有建设性的方式或计划，目前他的发言人是请示德州公共安全局代为回应。
Not only did the Odessa gunman have a criminal history...
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 2, 2019
...he also previously failed a gun purchase background check in Texas...
...& he didn’t go thru a background check for the gun he used in Odessa.
We must keep guns out of criminals’ hands. https://t.co/vgrqcHtBtF
来源: PBS
罪犯在犯罪之前，都是好公民。